NFPA 70e Training

By R.W. Hurst, The Electricity Forum

NFPA70E Training Standard

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NFPA 70e Training is about learning how to reduce your personal risk of injury and how companies can protect their employees from accident, injury and death.

Our NFPA 70e Training focuses on the NFPA 70e arc flash electrical safety standard that addresses arc flash electrical safety requirements for employee workplaces that are necessary for the practical safeguarding of employees in their pursuit of gainful employment.

NFPA published its most recent edition of the “Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace”.

NFPA 70e Training addresses electrical safety requirements for employee workplaces that are necessary for the practical safeguarding of employees during activities such as the installation, operation, maintenance, and demolition of electric conductors, electric equipment, signaling and communications conductors and equipment, and raceways for the following:

(1) Public and private premises, including buildings, structures, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, and floating buildings
(2) Yards, lots, parking lots, carnivals, and industrial substations
(3) Installations of conductors and equipment that connect to the supply of electricity
(4) Installations used by the electric utility, such as office buildings, warehouses, garages, machine shops, and recreational buildings, that are not an integral part of a generating plant, substation, or control center

Our NFPA 70e Training covers the full range of electrical safety issues, including safety related work practices, maintenance, special equipment requirements and installation. It focuses on protecting people and identifies requirements that are considered necessary to provide a workplace that is free of electrical hazards. OSHA bases its electrical safety mandates, found in Subpart S part 1910 and Subpart K part 1926, on the comprehensive information found in the standard. NFPA 70e is recognized as the tool that illustrates how an employer might comply with these OSHA standards. The relationship between the OSHA regulations and NFPA 70e can be described as OSHA is the “shall” and the “how.”

At our NFPA 70e Training course, we focus on the existing NFPA 70e Arc Flash Stadard which leading industry experts on Arc Flash Protection and Mitigation present information on the following

From our NFPA 70e Training tutorial you will learn:

What constitutes an electrical hazard?
Learn how to define short circuits and electrical arcs
Understand electrical safety parameters
Determine energy released during a short circuit and why you need to be protected
Learn techniques for reducing potential explosive energy
Which employees must be trained and what are the requirements?
What are the proper lockout-tagout procedures?
Safe electrical work practices
How to use personal protective equipment
How to use test equipment and insulated tools
Compliance and Safety, What is the difference?
Conducting electrical inspections
Electrical work practices
Maintenance of electrical equipment
Switching and clearing procedures
Clearance distances
Electrical hazards in confined spaces
Portable electrical equipment
Fault current calculations

NFPA 70e Training Course Benefits:

Avoid electrical hazards in your company
Reduce equipment and staff downtime from accidents
Make sure the correct employees are trained
Meet and exceed OSHA standards for compliance
Maintain cost-effective operations

Dangers such as shock, electrocution, and arc blast will always be present on the job, but proper NFPA 70e training and safety strategies can minimize the likelihood of injuries and fatalities. NFPA 70E - Electrical Safety in the Workplace - covers the full range of electrical safety issues from work practices to maintenance, special equipment requirements, and installation. In fact, OSHA in the United States already bases its electrical safety mandates on the comprehensive information in this important Standard.

Our NFPA 70e Training Course Covers:

OVERVIEW

Electrical Hazards
Existing and Proposed Standards
Preparing to Work Safely
Determining Safe Approach Distance
Determining Arc Hazard Category
Fault Current Calculations
Determination of Arcing Fault Clearing Time
Boundary Calculations
Determining Arc Flash Hazard Risk Category
Incident Energy Exposure Calculations
Hazard Analysis

INCIDENT CAUSES

Unsafe Switching Acts
Not following Operating Procedure
Unsafe Working Conditions
Not following Maintenance procedures

ELECTRICAL HAZARDS

5 Main Factors in Electrical Accidents
Electrical Shock
Arc Flash Defined
Incident Energy Defined
Arc Flash Burn Injuries
Arc Blast Pressure
Inhalation Injuries

EXISTING AND PROPOSED STANDARDS AND IMPORTANT DATE

OSHA 1910.269
NFPA 70E
NESC Rule 410A3

DEFINITIONS

Essential to the application of this standard

PREPARING TO WORK SAFELY (Dead Work)

Safety Training
Emergency Procedures
Detailed Description of a "Job Briefing"
Use of Equipment
Establishing an electrically safe work condition
Lockout / Tagout
Isolation and Grounding

SHOCK HAZARD PROTECTION (LIVE WORK)

Understanding and Applying NFPA 70E Tables
Shock Protection Boundaries
Limits of Approach
Energized Work Permit
Limited Approach Boundary
Restricted Approach Boundary
Prohibited Approach Boundary

DETERMINING ARC HAZARD RISK CATEGORY (LIVE WORK)

Using NFPA 70E Table 130.7

FAULT CURRENT CALCULATIONS

Power System Short Circuits
Bolted Faults
Calculating Prospective Short-Circuit Current
Calculating Bolted Faults
Arcing Faults
Calculating Arcing Fault Current

DETERMINATION OF ARCING FAULT CLEARING TIME

Time Current Curves
Coordination studies

BOUNDARY CALCULATIONS

Detailed Examples and Exercises

DETERMINING ARC FLASH HAZARD RISK CATEGORY

Detailed Examples and Exercises
Simplified Table Approach
Matrix Table Approach
Single Line Diagram
Short Circuit Study
Coordination Study
NFPA 70E Table 130.7 – Protective Clothing and PPE Matrix

INCIDENT ENERGY EXPOSURE CALCULATIONS

Selecting the Correct Level of PPE
NFPA 70E Calculation Method
Calculating Arc in a Cubic Box
Comparison of "Arc in Open Air" to "Arc in a Box"
IEEE 1584 Method

HAZARD ANALYSIS

Demonstration of Software Packages
Arc Flash Labels

NFPA 70E AND PPE

Head Face Neck Chin
Eyes
Body
Hand and Arm
Foot and Leg
Tools and measuring instruments

For more information about conducting NFPA 70e Training at your facility, please contact R.W. Hurst, President, The Electricity Forum, or Click Here.