Electricity is something society takes for granted, until it goes out because of a bad thunderstorm, an industrial accident or, in Florida, an osprey building a nest atop a power pole. All three ...

Hiring an electrician to perform electrical work in your home isn’t just about saving yourself a bit of manual labor. Home fire safety is one of the most crucial components of the electrical building ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way many of us think about safety—at the workplace and in our everyday lives. As we look ahead to the best ways to be safe in the post-COVID world, keeping ...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), thousands of office employees and administrative employees are injured every year nationally. Although the most frequent types of incidents are falls ...

In 2023, the NFPA promoted the NFPA 70B publication from a status of “recommended practices” to a Standard for Electrical Equipment Maintenance. Since then, we’ve seen many articles and posts ...

Why is it so important to work safely with or near electricity? The voltage of the electricity and the available electrical current in regular businesses and homes has enough power to cause death by ...

Millions of people in the UK risk death or injury because of their ignorance about household electricity, the Electrical Safety Council has said. A survey of more than 2,000 people for the charity ...

Electrical safety testers—often referred to as “hipot” testers—are an integral part of electrical and electronic equipment manufacturing. Hipot testers get their name from the high-potential (high ...

In the event of an emergency, dial 911 from any phone on campus or personal cellular phone. The red phones outside of the elevators and the phones inside elevator cars have a direct line to Michigan ...