Executive Q&A: OSHA’s New Electrical Arc Flash Guidance: Your Questions Answered -- Occupational Health & Safety

Executive Q&A: OSHA’s New Electrical Arc Flash Guidance: Your Questions Answered

OSHA has issued new arc flash guidance for the first time in almost 20 years. It consists of four parts, including a detailed document for employers and three one-page documents for workers. The new guidance was primarily issued to address the two leading causes of arc flash injuries and fatalities in the USA today: claiming work is deenergized without completing the conditions that create an electrically safe work condition but still wearing no AR clothing or other PPE; and choosing to work energized when voltage is low (120/208, 277, etc) despite the lack of justification and lack of PPE because of the common and dangerous myth that low voltage isn’t hazardous.

This webinar will dive into the new guidance and include a Q&A session to answer any questions you have on the OSHA Electrical Arc Flash Guidance.

Speaker:

Derek Vigstol is a licensed master electrician and serves as an electrical safety consultant for e-Hazard Management, LLC. Prior to working in the consulting field, Derek started his career as a construction electrician where he worked his way up to teaching new electrical apprentices and pre-apprentices at the Minneapolis Electrical JATC. He also provided many hours of continuing education to journey and master level electricians in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. In 2013, Derek competed in the first ever NEC Challenge sponsored by NFPA. After winning the national championships, Derek was offered a position at NFPA where he served several different roles including staff liaison, electrical technical lead, and senior electrical content specialist. Within these roles, he was an integral part of developing many electrical safety focused products and services provided by NFPA. The time spent as an instructor and at NFPA has helped Derek bring his passion, knowledge, and expertise to his current role as an electrical safety consultant. Derek is also an author Electrical Wiring—Residential and Delmar’s Standard of Electricity textbooks by Cengage Learning and authors several monthly columns for electrical safety and construction focused magazines.

Moderator:

David Kopf
Executive Editor and Publisher of OH&S
A career business media professional, David Kopf has led OH&S since January 2023. He has been with OH&S’s parent company 1105 Media since 2007, previously publishing and editing titles for the post-acute healthcare market. Prior to that, Kopf has served in various editorial capacities in the telecommunications, data communications, banking and power sports industries. Kopf is committed to reinforcing and expanding OH&S’s value and range of services for workplace safety professionals, and the Executive Q&A webinar series is the latest example of that initiative.

Date: Jan 22, 2025

Time: 2:00 PM ET

Duration: 1 Hour

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