Electrical Safety Handbook, Fifth Edition ✓ Most Recent [ Active ]

Abstract:

On-the-job electrical safety essentials fully updated for the latest standards.

Thoroughly revised and expanded to conform to every current major electrical code, this practical, illustrated guide is an invaluable source of life-saving safety. Electrical Safety Handbook, Fifth Edition, is written by a team of recognized experts and presents up-to-date safety strategies in an easy-to-use format. Designed for specific work environments, the book delivers complete coverage of the latest NEC, NFPA, NESC, IEEE, and OSHA standards. This new edition provides updated sections on electrical grounding, heat transfer theory as it relates to the human body, and the medical aspects of electrical trauma.

Coverage includes:

• Hazards of electricity

• Basic physics of electrical hazards

• Electrical safety equipment

• Safety procedures and methods

• Grounding and bonding of electrical systems and equipment

• Electrical maintenance and its relationship to safety

• Regulatory and legal safety requirements and standards

• Accident prevention, accident investigation, rescue, and first aid

• Low-voltage safety

• Medium- and high-voltage safety

• Human factors in electrical safety

• Safety management and organizational structure

• Safety training methods and systems

• Medical aspects of electrical trauma

Author: Dennis K. Neitzel, C.P.E., C.E.S.C.P.Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M.D., M.P.A.Al Winfield, C.E.S.C.P.