Executive Q&A: Addressing Electrical Safety Gray Areas, Answering the Questions That Don't Have Simple Answers
Date: Wednesday July 29, 2026 at 2:00pm ET - 1:00pm CT - 11:00am PT
Electrical safety isn't always black and white. While standards such as NFPA 70E provide an essential framework for protecting workers, many of the toughest questions arise in situations where the answer depends on the task, the equipment, the worker's qualifications, and the specific circumstances.
Can maintenance personnel reset a breaker? When is energized work truly justified? Who qualifies to perform electrical tasks? Does every interaction with electrical equipment require arc-rated PPE? These are the kinds of real-world questions safety professionals encounter every day, and they're often the ones that generate the most discussion.
Join Occupational Health & Safety and electrical safety expert Derek Vigstol for an interactive Executive Q&A exploring some of the most common as well as the most challenging electrical safety gray areas. Drawing from real questions submitted by safety professionals across previous webinars, Derek will discuss how organizations can make informed decisions, reduce risk, and build confidence when the path forward isn't always obvious.
If you’re looking for practical guidance on applying the standards to the complex situations you face in the field, Derek will provide it in this live Q&A webinar. Whether you're responsible for electrical safety programs, facility operations, maintenance, or EHS compliance, you'll leave with practical insights you can apply to your own workplace.
Bring your questions. This interactive discussion is designed around the real-world challenges safety professionals face every day.
Register for this free webinar!
DATE: Wednesday July 29, 2026
TIME: 2:00PM ET - 1:00PM CT - 11:00AM PT
About the Speaker:
Derek Vigstol, Electrical Safety Consultant, e-Hazard Management, LLC
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.
About the Moderator:
David Kopf, Executive Editor and Publisher, Occupational Health & Safety
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.
