Tag Archives: electrical safety

electrical safety, safety| January 25, 2021| Post by: LBIES Staff

LBIES’s Electrical Safety Awareness Blog Series Part 2

How do you recognize the electrical hazards in your workplace? Welcome back to our three part blog series on Electrical Safety Awareness! We will continue where we left off at part 1 with "Recognize the Hazards". Recognize the Hazards What do you do if you see these situations in your workplace? Call a Timeout and [...]

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electrical safety, safety| January 18, 2021| Post by: LBIES Staff

LBIES’s Electrical Safety Awareness Blog Series Part 1

Proper Electrical Safety Awareness is Key to a Safe Working Environment Welcome to our three part blog series on electrical safety awareness! LBIES has been in the safety consulting industry for over 30 years and has seen every conceivable situation encompassing the best and worst practices of electrical safety on the job sites we have [...]

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electrical safety, sccr, short circuit current rating| January 11, 2021| Post by: LBIES Staff

Short Circuit Current Rating (SCCR) and Your Industrial Equipment

What is SCCR and why is it important for industrial safety? In the current National Electrical Code, the National Fire Protection Agency made changes to the ratings of industrial machines and control panels.  Short Circuit Current Rating, or SCCR, is now a required metric for the nameplates of tools and panels carrying line current. SCCR [...]

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electrical safety, field label, lbies, services| August 12, 2020| Post by: LBIES Staff

What is Field Labeling?

So, what exactly is Field Labeling? Field Labeling is a term for a safety inspection performed on a client’s site on an installed tool which has undergone a series of electrical field evaluations to become compliant. For electrical equipment without a mark from a nationally recognized testing lab (NRTL), a field label can satisfy local [...]

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