Arc Flash Facts
Definitions and Statistics
• According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Arc-flash is an electric current that
passes through air when insulation or isolation between electrified conductors is no longer
sufficient to...
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Arc Flash Facts
Definitions and Statistics
• According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Arc-flash is an electric current that
passes through air when insulation or isolation between electrified conductors is no longer
sufficient to withstand the applied voltage.
The flash is immediate, but the result of these
incidents can cause severe injury including burns.
Each year more than 2,000 people are treated
in burn centers with severe arc-flash injuries.
• Five (5) to ten (10) arc explosions occur in electric equipment every day in the United States,
according to statistics compiled by CapSchell, Inc.
, a Chicago based research and consulting firm
that specializes in preventing workplace injuries and deaths.
This number doesn’t even include
cases in which the victim is sent to an ordinary hospital or clinic for medical treatment.
Instead,
these incidents involve injuries so severe the victims require treatment from a special burn unit.
Note that these are burn inju
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