Jack Glass

Electricity is essential to modern life, but when it comes to workplace safety, working electricity can pose serious danger. Here's an introduction to what you need to know about working safely around electrical hazards.

Today there is more electricity than ever flowing through neighborhoods and more opportunity for large energy discharges. An arc flash is a voltage breakdown of the resistance of air, resulting in an arc that can occur where there is sufficient voltage in an electrical system and a path to ground or lower voltage.

Electrical hazards are one of the greatest threats to workplace safety. Certain work environments, including those that are dimly lit, wet, or in an especially confined space pose even more risk of serious injury or death to workers who neglect to learn and follow safe work practices.