If you mix electricity with hazardous materials, you better know what you’re doing Electricity and HAZMAT are the ultimate “do not mix” combo. One spark in the wrong place, and boom, you’ve gone from lab coat to fireball real fast. Whether you’re in a chemical plant, cleanup site, or that “totally safe” trailer with leaking …
In 2023, an electrical explosion at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory left an electrician with severe burns from a high-voltage arc flash. The culprit? A cocktail of human error, wrong circuit work, and skipped PPE. Ouch. Electrical hazards are not some distant boogeyman. They are one of the top reasons workers don’t clock out the …
Electricity is a beast, and if you don’t respect it, it will remind you why you should. Sure, electricity powers everything from your morning coffee maker to entire industries, but it also has a nasty side. One of the most dangerous hazards? Arc flashes. These explosive electrical events generate heat hotter than the sun, send …
