Protective clothing guidelines for electric arc exposure

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1041-1054

  Neal, Thomas E ^a,b   Bingham, Allen H ^a,c   Doughty, Richard L ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c Bingham Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc flash burn; Electric arc; Protective clothing

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CODES (STANDARDS); ELECTRIC ARCS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARC FLASH BURNS;

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 0031188939     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.605747     Document Type: Article

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