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An arc flash incident has two types of costs associated: Direct costs (employee-related) and indirect costs (company-related), which both can easily exceed $5 million worth of company damage and employee medical expenses. Continue reading for more information about these dangerous electrical explosions. Hire Herzig Engineering to conduct a thorough arc flash study of your organization. ARC FLASH INCIDENTS: A COST BREAKDOWN We break down the cost of an arc flash into direc

Electrical accidents in the workplace happen more often than you think. According to an article from Industrial Safety & Hygiene News, ...

An arc flash is an electrical explosion that happens when current leaves its intended path and travels through the air from one conductor to another. An arc flash can happen anywhere the current has the chance to escape. Your organization does not want an arc flash to occur, let alone hurt or kill someone. That’s why arc flash studies are conducted to identify the hazards and help prevent workers from being unprepared. Continue reading for an overview of what an arc flash st

What is an Arc Flash? An arc flash is an electrical explosion. Think of each piece of energized electrical equipment as bombs with varying potential of severity if they were to blow. An arc flash occurs when the insulating medium, like an electrical insulator, no longer offers sufficient resistance to the flow of electric current. If enough electrical energy is present, this arc will ionize the air surrounding it, causing a traumatic and explosive event. The temperature of a

As electrical engineering professionals, our job is to keep organizations safe, and arc flashes play a big factor in that role. Arc...

Throughout the course of interviewing hundreds of site personnel (particularly qualified electrical workers) as part of our electrical...