| Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) protects | | | | - Expanded requirements for multi-employer |
| personnel and can significantly reduce the risk of | | | | relationships address potential areas of oversight. |
| injury in an arc flash. To help electrical engineers | | | | - New recordkeeping requirements for training and |
| calculate incident energy-the vital first step in | | | | safety program audits answer OSHA's need for |
| determining the correct type of PPE for a given | | | | documentation. |
| task-revised Annex D consolidates all equations, | | | | Annexes expand knowledge about electrical |
| adds new tables, and offers more options to | | | | safety |
| detailed calculations. | | | | - Understand the Hazard/Risk evaluation |
| Improved work practices reduce risks | | | | procedure with clarification and sample |
| - A new requirement for Fire Rated clothing for H | | | | worksheets in Annex F. |
| R Category 1 precludes the use of cotton clothing. | | | | - Evaluate layering of PPE with new Annex |
| This change reduces the risks for second-degree | | | | M-Layering of Protective Clothing and Total |
| thermal burns. | | | | System Arc Rating. |
| - An expanded Table in Article 130 covers added | | | | - Follow safe work practices with new Annex |
| tasks such as thermographic imaging, and new | | | | N-Example Industrial Procedures and Policies for |
| equipment including arc-resistant switchgear. | | | | Working Near Overhead Electrical Lines. |
| - Added Article 350 provides first-time | | | | Engineers, designers, risk managers, maintainers, |
| requirements for the protection of electrical | | | | safety directors, contractors, and owners need |
| personnel in R&D labs. | | | | the 2009 NFPA 70E to improve worker safety |
| - A new exception verifies that 240 V and less | | | | and avoid citations, rising insurance rates, and |
| power systems fed by a single transformer less | | | | increased workman's compensation costs. |
| than 125 kvs no longer require an arc flash hazard | | | | (Softbound, 98 pp., 2009) Please check NFPA's |
| analysis. | | | | website for pricing/ordering details. |