ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING
ELECTRICAL SAFETY
Keeping your electrical workers safe while in the work environment is one of your company’s most important objectives. A carefully designed safety program will accomplish this goal while ensuring that you comply with OSHA regulations. It also has the added benefit of minimizing your liability and may help reduce your insurance costs. IES offers the following services to our clients.
Written Electrical Safety Program Development: IES can assist you in developing a safety program that fully complies with NFPA 70E—the standard developed by the National Fire Protection Association and used by OSHA in developing their electrical safety mandates. IES delivers to our clients a fully documented safety program consisting of a safety manual, safety procedures and forms necessary for proper documentation.
Electrical Safety Program Audits: IES assists our clients in evaluation the effectiveness of their safety programs and recommends changes to bring it into compliance with the company standards and policies.
Arc Flash Hazard Analysis: NFPA 70E requires a flash hazard analysis be performed in order to determine equipment flash protection boundaries and the personal protective equipment workers are to use when working on energized equipment. IES is experienced in these studies and delivers to its clients a full written report complete with the NEC required labels for displaying on the electrical equipment.
Electrical Safety Training: IES can assist you in developing a comprehensive training program for your electrical workers. We can also perform training in order to meet NFPA 70E and OSHA requirements and to increase your electrical workers safety awareness.
Expert Witness Services: IES provides expert witness services relating to electrical systems ranging from 50 volts to 345,000 volts. We can provide investigative research and highly specialized expertise in complex occurrences involving trained and untrained electrical workers and the public with all types of electrical contact.
References: OSHA 29 CFR Part 1910.333, NFPA 70E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace,
NFPA 70 - National Electrical Code