What is NFPA 70E?
NFPA 70E is the standard for electrical safety in the workplace. It covers how to protect people who work on or near electrical equipment. Jeff Finley, owner and president of Phoenix Contracting Services, is NFPA 70E certified.
What NFPA 70E covers
- Safe work procedures. Putting equipment in an electrically safe condition before work starts: lockout/tagout and verifying that voltage is absent.
- Risk assessments. Identifying shock and arc flash hazards before work begins, so the right precautions are chosen.
- Energized work. When working on live equipment is justified, and the precautions required when it cannot be avoided.
- Worker protection. Training, shock and arc flash approach boundaries, insulated tools and the right PPE.
- Safety programs and maintenance. Employer procedures, and equipment kept in good condition, that support safe work.
How our crews work on your site
Our crews follow NFPA 70E on every job. This is how we work safely at your facility, and it is built into every visit rather than offered as a separate service.
- A job briefing before work starts, so everyone knows the plan and the hazards
- Equipment put in an electrically safe work condition: lockout/tagout, then verifying absence of voltage
- Shock and arc flash approach boundaries respected
- Insulated tools
- The right PPE for the task
Arc flash field data and labels
An engineer performs the arc flash study and the incident-energy calculations. We help in two ways:
- Field data. We gather as-built information on site, such as equipment, conductors, nameplate data and one-line diagrams, so the engineer can complete the study. It is the same kind of field work we do for electrical load studies, where we work with engineers regularly.
- Labels. We install the arc flash warning labels the engineer provides, and we install updated labels after equipment changes.
Who we work with
Facility managers, plant managers and the engineers who support them. If your site has an engineer working on an arc flash study, tell us when you call, and see electrical load studies for how we support engineers with field data.
Arizona ROC #153656 (CR-11) | NFPA 70E certified | Over 40 years in business
