Electrical Safety Handbook

UP-TO-DATE, ON-THE-JOB ELECTRICAL SAFETY ESSENTIALS

Covering every major electrical standard, including NEC, NESC, NFPA, 70E, IEEE 1584, and OSHA, Electrical Safety Handbook, Fourth Edition is a practical, illustrated source of life-saving information designed for specific work environments. This must-have guide provides the most current safety strategies for use in industrial, commercial, and home-office electrical systems in an easy-to-use format. Written by experts in electrical operations, maintenance, engineering, construction, and safety, this fully revised edition delivers complete details on:

• 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