This change raises the stakes. Facilities can no longer treat electrical maintenance as a “check-the-box” exercise. Instead, they must adopt proactive strategies that go beyond the letter of the code, ...

The Electrical Safety Foundation (ESF) and the Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) recently announced their partnership on a campaign to raise awareness of construction electrical ...

The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) recently announced the launch of How Do You Know?, a new workplace electrical safety awareness program developed to help employers answer the ...

Safety is a choice that is made every day by each person; it is imperative that each of us on the job makes the right choice. When does safety on a construction site or in a facility start? For ...

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 ...

Electrical hazards remain a common cause of injury and damage in UK workplaces. Shock, burns and fires often result from routine tasks carried out without proper control. Electrical safety certificati ...

Vice President Matthew Compher leads contractor through a safety-mind reset If there is a reason to improve safety for the 120,000 electrical power line workers in the U.S., you need only think about ...

As we all know, construction work is responsible for hundreds of fatalities and thousands of work-related injuries and illnesses each year. As the head of the OSHA Directorate of Construction, Jim ...

Contact with or exposure to electricity continues to be one of the leading causes of workplace fatalities and injuries in the United States, according to Electrical Safety Foundation International.

We all know safety is important on a construction jobsite, but most of the safety content we see focuses on the big accidents. Those are obviously the most important accidents to prevent because they ...

Keeping workers safe on the construction jobsite is always priority number one. But inclement weather, hazardous conditions, heavy equipment and more can sometimes make jobsite safety easier said than ...

The organizations are raising awareness of electrical hazards on construction job sites to prevent avoidable injuries and fatalities. ARLINGTON, Va., July 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Electrical ...