Electrical Safety: From Texas to the Tundra
When electrical safety calls, CBS ArcSafe answers — anytime and anywhere. In June, that “anywhere” was Alaska, where I traveled to the northernmost regions of our country to offer training and evaluation services to three clients.Read More
CBS ArcSafe Celebrates 10 Years of Enhancing Arc-Flash Safety
WHEN FINLEY LEDBETTER founded CBS ArcSafe in 2008, he’d already spent a few decades saving the world from arc-flash dangers. Ledbetter, CEO and chief scientist of Group CBS, began designing his first remote racking solution in the 1980s at the request of a longtime customer. As part of his research and development, Ledbetter looked at arc-flash incident reports from around the U.S. He saw the need for remote racking across all industrial segments, not just at electrical field service companies and utilities.Read More
U.S. Department of Labor Cites Tennessee Contractor After Two Employees Burned at Nuclear Power Plant
SODDY DAISY, TN – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Day & Zimmerman NPS Inc. for exposing employees to electric shock hazards at the Tennessee Valley Authority Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee. The company faces $71,599 in proposed penalties.Read More
CBS ArcSafe® Acquires MarTek Limited
Denton, TX, August 2, 2018 – CBS ArcSafe®, a leading manufacturer of remote racking and switching solutions for low- and medium-voltage switchgear, has acquired select assets of MarTek Limited. MarTek manufactures the Chicken Switch®, a device designed to remotely operate control switches and low- and medium-voltage circuit breakers. The company also makes products that remotely rack common circuit breakers and motor control centers (MCCs), in addition to remote operators for disconnect handles on a variety of MCCs.Read More
5 Major Changes to 2018 NFPA 70E
Between 2015 and 2016, the number of electrical fatalities in the workplace rose 15% to 154. There were 1,640 nonfatal electrical injuries resulting in days away from work in 2016, one-third fewer than the 2015 total.
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U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Renewable Energy Company Following Fatality at New Hampshire Power Plant
CONCORD, NH – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited EWP Renewable Corp., doing business as Springfield Power LLC, for 25 safety violations after an employee suffered fatal injuries after he was pulled into a conveyor at the company’s Springfield plant in November 2017. The Mount Laurel, New Jersey, company faces $125,460 in proposed penalties.Read More
