• Worker severely burned in treatment plant accident
    Worker severely burned in treatment plant accident By Ken Stanford Editor click to enlarge FLOWERY BRANCH – A worker at the Hall County (Georgia) wastewater treatment plant on Spout Springs Road suffered severe burns in an electrical accident Tuesday (3/29/11) morning. “A subcontractor’s electrician at the county-owned Spout Springs Water Reclamation F […]
  • Arc Flash Dangers Require Effective PPE
    The dangers to workers from arc flash are so high that a new CSA arc flash standard is scheduled to be released at the end of 2008. By: Simon Fridlyand Every single day, it is estimated that between five and 10 arc flash explosions occur in electrical equipment in the U. S. A., according to […]
  • Should Individuals Have Freedom Not to Wear PPE?
    OSHA laws require workers to wear Personal Protection Equipment in a variety of situations. But should wearing PPE really be a legal requirement? One could argue that forcing people to wear PPE is an infringement of their liberty. PPE and Personal Freedom The argument that individuals should be free to decide for themselves whether to […]
  • St. Louis employers ordered incarcerated for failing to comply with US Department of Labor’s OSHA citations and court sanctions
    ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the arrest of Brian Andre, former owner of Andre Tuckpointing and Brickwork, and Regina Shaw, owner of Andre Stone & Mason Work Inc., the successor company to Andre Tuckpointing and Brickwork. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. […]
  • US Department of Labor’s OSHA cites US Postal Service in Duluth, Ga., with repeat and serious safety violations, $80,000 in penalties
    DULUTH, Ga. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $80,000 in penalties against the U.S. Postal Service for safety violations found during an inspection at its facility on Boggs Road in Duluth. The Postal Service is being cited with five repeat violations carrying proposed penalties of $75,000. The vio […]
  • US Labor Department’s OSHA proposes $238,000 in fines against US Postal Service for electrical hazards at Shrewsbury, Mass., mail processing facility
    BOSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service for willful and serious violations of safety standards following an inspection at the Central Massachusetts Processing and Distribution Center in Shrewsbury, Mass. The Postal Service faces a total of $238,000 in fines, chiefly for expos […]
  • US Department of Labor’s OSHA fines Pasadena Refining Services in Texas $115,650 for multiple safety hazards
    PASADENA, Texas – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Pasadena Refining Services Inc. with 21 serious violations for exposing workers to multiple safety and health hazards at the company’s facility in Pasadena. Proposed penalties total $115,650. OSHA’s Houston South Area Office in Texas began its inv […]
  • Men Hurt in Electrical Accident
    Two workers injured when an 11-thousand volt cable exploded in West Auckland this afternoon are said to be doing okay. The Vector employees were taken to hospital after the incident happened on an underground cable in Hobsonville. Police say the men were working on an 11,000 volt underground cable and power was reported to be […]
  • Two Farm Workers in Edmonton, Alberta Fatally Electrocuted
    Two farm workers in Edmonton, Alberta were fatally electrocuted after the grain auger they were transporting came in contact with an overhead power-line.  Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) responded to the accident but left without conducting a full investigation as farms ate not covered under Alberta’s workplace safety laws.  Alberta is the only Can […]
  • Oregon State University Temporarily Closed Following Arc Flash Incident
    According to the report, an arc flash, that occurred in a steam tunnel on the OSU campus, delivered a 1,000 degree heat burst that sparked a fire in the tunnels which resulted in melting of cables and fiber optics systems within the tunnel.  At least 26 buildings experienced problems with electrical power, phone service and/or computer […]
  • Arc Flash of Electrical Trainee Results in a Fine
    An electrical contractor has been convicted and fined on Wednseday over an electrical accident involving a trainee. In 2007, ICE Engineering and Construction Pty Ltd had engaged the then 17-year-old man as a trainee. Sometime around April of that year, the trainee was assigned to a local business to help with work on a circuit […]
  • Indian Engineer credited with GE Arc Flash Innovation
    Innovator Dr Asokan T presented his solution at a conference of top scientists on Monday. “An electric arc in faulty electrical wires can set off a fire which is a killer of people and material,” he said. Asokan has developed a device that can contain the arc flash before it spreads. That and other technologies […]
  • Man recovering scrap metal from abandoned workshop fatally injured in arc flash accident
    A father of two has died from injuries he received from an arc flash incident that occured when he was reclaiming scrap metal from an abandoned workshop.  The surge of electricity from the blast shot metal debris over 5 meters away and caused 28% burns to the worker’s body. It is speculated that the accident […]
  • Arc Flash Explosion On Queen Mary 2
    The UK Maritime Accident Investigation Branch is warning cruise lines to check their machinery following the September 23rd arc flash explosion on Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2. The explosion occurred when a capacitor failed and the leaking oil sprayed onto high voltage bars resulting in a significant arc flash explosion.  The explosion blew the steel door […]
  • Why does ITU offer FREE Downloads
    Why does Industrial Training University offer Free Downloads? Industrial Training University is committed to providing Business Owners, Employers, Educators, and Maintenance Workers free information about the importance of electrical safety, industrial safety, arc flash analysis (power distribution study, arc flash study, ground fault study, or arc flash haz […]