October 21, 2026| Post by: LBIES Staff

This Month in Electrical Safety: September/October 2026 Edition

Welcome back to This Month in Electrical Safety, where we connect safety developments with the decisions facing American manufacturers, facility managers, equipment builders, and environmental health and safety teams. September and October bring a useful combination: emergency preparedness, renewed attention to everyday workplace hazards, and a national conversation about battery charging. For industrial facilities, these [...]

cal osha, field evaluation, field evaluation body, field evaluation services, nrtl, osha| August 26, 2026| Post by: LBIES Staff

OSHA NRTL Recognition Is Not Field Evaluation Body Accreditation

For decades, confusion has surrounded the relationship between OSHA’s Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory program and the field evaluation of unlisted electrical equipment. Some authorities having jurisdiction, equipment owners, and contractors have assumed that an organization recognized by OSHA as an NRTL must also have been evaluated and approved by OSHA to perform field evaluations. That [...]

August 12, 2026| Post by: LBIES Staff

Introducing the Lewis Bass AHJ Finder: Find the Right Building Department Contact Faster

If you have ever tried to determine who to contact about an electrical field evaluation, unlisted equipment, permitting question, or inspection requirement, you probably already know the problem: finding the right Authority Having Jurisdiction can sometimes be surprisingly difficult. A city website may have separate pages for building, electrical inspections, permitting, planning, and community development. [...]

ahj, feb, nrtl| July 29, 2026| Post by: LBIES Staff

An Open Invitation to Building Department Officials Regarding Unlisted Equipment in Their Jurisdiction

Every day, building departments and Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) across the United States make important decisions that directly impact the safety of workers, facilities, and the public. Those decisions are not easy. They require balancing code compliance, public safety, limited resources, and an ever-growing variety of electrical equipment entering the marketplace. At Lewis Bass International [...]

June 3, 2026| Post by: LBIES Staff

Field Evaluation Services in Oregon: Why Lewis Bass Is Approved to Help

If your company has unlisted electrical equipment in Oregon, there is good news. Lewis Bass International Engineering Services is approved by the State of Oregon to perform field evaluations and field labeling services on qualifying equipment. That may sound like a small administrative detail, but for manufacturers, semiconductor facilities, research laboratories, machine builders, integrators, and [...]

mini game| May 20, 2026| Post by: LBIES Staff

Spot the Non-Compliant Machine

Walk through enough factories and you start to notice something strange about electrical safety problems: the dangerous machines rarely look dangerous. Most of the time, the issue is subtle. A missing field evaluation label.An incorrect disconnect.A blocked emergency stop.A mystery SCCR rating nobody can explain during the inspection. And suddenly an entire production schedule is [...]

April 1, 2026| Post by: LBIES Staff

Introducing the Future of Compliance: The Lewis Bass Scan-and-Go Revolution

If you’ve ever stood in front of a piece of unlisted equipment with an inspector looming nearby, you know the feeling. Time slows down. Questions stack up. And suddenly, your project timeline looks a lot less certain. At Lewis Bass, we’ve spent years helping clients navigate that exact moment. But what if that moment could [...]

February 25, 2026| Post by: LBIES Staff

How Cities Vet and Approve Third-Party Evaluators for Unlisted Electrical Equipment

If you have ever installed a piece of industrial, laboratory, or custom-built equipment and been told by an inspector that it needs “third-party approval,” you are not alone. This moment often happens when a machine arrives onsite without a familiar UL or CSA mark. At that point, many owners and contractors ask the same question: [...]

November 19, 2025| Post by: LBIES Staff

The Lewis Bass Field Evaluation Walk-through Experience

Before you jump into the quiz, take a moment to imagine you’ve just stepped onto a facility floor where a brand-new piece of equipment is waiting for a field evaluation. The customer is counting on you. The AHJ expects clarity and competency. And the machine? Well, it’s not going to tell you what’s wrong! [...]

field evaluation, field evaluation body, field evaluation services, field label| August 13, 2025| Post by: LBIES Staff

Beyond AHJ Compliance: Field Evaluations Ensure Machine and Facility Safety

When companies reach out to Lewis Bass International Engineering Services, it’s often because their equipment needs to meet local code requirements. A third-party field evaluation satisfies an Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) that the equipment is electrically safe to operate. But what’s often overlooked, and is arguably just as important, is what comes after that compliance [...]

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