Arc flash hazards and electrical safety program implementation

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1919-1923

  Floyd, H Landis ^{a,b,d,e,f,g,h}   Doan, Daniel R ^a,b,d   Wu, C T ^b,d   Lovasic, Susan L ^b,c,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c DUPONT   (United States)

^d NFPA Research and Testing Planning Committee ^*  (United States)

^e Awards Nominating Subcommittee   (United States)

^f IEEE Standard   (United States)

^g National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)   (United States)

^h DuPont Personal Protection   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc flash; Electrical hazards; Electrical safety; Hazard reduction; Protective clothing

Indexed keywords

ARC FLASH; ELECTRICAL HAZARDS; ELECTRICAL SAFETY; HAZARD REDUCTION;

ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

ARC LAMPS;

EID: 33745879806     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2005.1518709     Document Type: Conference Paper

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