Electrical and Multi-Hazard Hand Protection: Beyond Electrical Shock and Arc Flash
Date: Thursday March 20, 2025 at 2:00pm ET - 1:00pm CT - 11:00am PT
Hand protection has evolved significantly since metal and rail workers first used gloves stitched from animal hide to guard against cuts and burns. Today, gloves are designed to protect against extreme temperatures, vibration, cuts, conductivity, and electrical hazards (dielectric or voltage-rated), as well as to serve as protective layers for other gloves. These various forms of protection fall under the umbrella of multi-hazard hand protection—an essential element of workplace safety that has led to mandated regulations in the U.S. and other countries.
Modern manufacturing and utility industries often expose workers to multiple hazards simultaneously, making proper hand protection critical. However, understanding glove sizing, classifications, protection levels, maintenance, and inspection requirements can be overwhelming without a solid grasp of the basics.
This webinar uses electrical hand protection as a foundation to explore various standards related to glove specification, testing, and maintenance for electrical workers. The discussion is guided by both local and international standards, addressing practical industry challenges, such as:
- Can one glove provide both arc flash and electrical shock protection?
- Can cut-resistant gloves be used for electrical shock protection?
- Do all gloves designed for electrical shock require over-protectors?
We will also examine the latest trends in glove manufacturing and the unintended consequences of balancing protection against multiple hazards—where safeguarding against one risk may compromise protection against another.
Hand protection is a highly complex topic, and this webinar offers a comprehensive discussion covering a broad range of applications. It aims to address some of the industry's most pressing and unresolved questions.
Speaker:
Zarheer Jooma, P.E., IEEE (SM’17)
Zarheer Jooma is a professional engineer and partner at e-Hazard. He holds a master’s degree (cum-laude) in electrical engineering, is a senior member of the IEEE, has convened and chaired arc flash safety standards, and is a member of both ASTM F18 and IEC TC-78. Zarheer performs electrical network design, arc flash studies, electrical safety training, incident investigations, and
auditing. He has published several peer-reviewed papers on Electrical Safety, spoke at numerous conferences both locally and internationally, contributed to wording on the NFPA70E standard, and is actively engaged as a subject matter expert on the IEEE1584 suite of standards. He is the technical paper review chair for two of the IEEE journals and chair for the IEEE Electrical Safety Workshop 2025.
Here is the AGENDA for this webinar:
2:00PM ET / 1:00PM CT / 11:00AM PT
Electrical and Multi-Hazard Hand Protection: Beyond Electrical Shock and Arc Flash
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Date: Mar 20, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM ET
Duration: 1 Hour and 30 Minutes