Wouldn't it be nice to know exactly what OSHA is training its inspectors to look for during an inspection that includes electrical safety, including surprising new areas of emphasis based on national ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is seeking to raise awareness of hazards in the electrical industry in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. OSHA wants ...

The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that there are, on average, 9,600 serious electrical shock and burn injuries each year. About 80 percent of these are the result of arc flash events. According ...

Electrical hazards killed four workers in Missouri and Kansas in five months in 2021. In Missouri on Oct. 4, it was a 40-year-old electrical contractor replacing light fixtures in Sedalia. On Sept. 23 ...

OSHA has issued new arc flash guidance for the first time in almost 20 years. It consists of four parts, including a detailed document for employers and three one-page documents for workers. The new ...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has renewed a national strategic partnership to improve the safety and health of people employed in constructing and ...

Increasing demand for artificial intelligence, cloud computing and other technologies has accelerated the proliferation of data centers across ...

OSHA has added two new modules to the agency’s “Ergonomics Solutions for Electrical Contractors” e-Tool. The modules, developed with input from the Independent Electrical Contractors Inc. (IEC), as ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reviewing electrical standards for the construction industry to make sure proper safeguards are in place as electrical wiring is being ...

We often take electricity for granted. We don’t think about it when it is working fine and all our tools, equipment, and appliances are running smoothly. But when we lose electricity, many operations ...