Electric arcing burn hazards

Record of Conference Papers - Annual Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 351-359

  Stokes, Anthony D ^a   Sweeting, David K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Sweeting Consultants   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arc hazards; Burns; High speed videography; High power testing; Personal protective equipment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC FUSES; ELECTRIC SWITCHBOARDS; HAZARDS; PERSONNEL; STANDARDS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ARC HAZARDS; BURNS; HIGH SPEED VIDEOGRAPHY; HIGH-POWER TESTING; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 15944364795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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