Electrical Safety Handbook
Crucial Safety
Strategies in Industrial and Commercial Systems for Electrical
System Designers, Inspectors and Engineers
By John Cadick Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer Dennis Neitzel
Prevent electrical accidents
Each year hundreds of people are killed or injured by electrical
energy. Many, if not most, of these accidents could be prevented by
the use of appropriate electrical safety techniques and equipment.
Electrical Safety Handbook, Third Edition is a
must-have, accident-avoiding prescription for personnel working on
or near electrical circuits at any voltage level. Electricians,
electrical system designers, inspectors, and engineers will find
crucial protective safety strategies in industrial and commercial
systems.
You get detailed guidelines for setting up effective safety
programs…medical emergency procedures…and examples and case studies
throughout. This new second edition covers the latest OSHA, NEC NESC,
NFPA regulations. You’ll also find increased coverage of safety
procedures; expanded material on safety audits; and more guidance on
establishing in-house training programs.
Almost all of the National Electrical Code® is concerned with
safety, but for a convenient source of life-saving information, you
can’t do better than this new Electrical Equipment Safety Handbook.
Written by renowned experts in the safety and medical fields John
Cadick, and published by the world leader in electrical guides,
Electrical Equipment Safety Handbook is the reference professionals
trust for clear, complete, and up-to-date safety strategies in
industrial and commercial electrical systems.
This newly revised and expanded edition of the Handbook supplies
comprehensive:
- Best-practice methods for accident prevention and electrical hazard
avoidance
- Current safety regulations, including new standards from OSHA
- Coverage of safety equipment
- Information on low-, medium-, and high-voltage safety systems
- Step-by-step guidelines on safety audits
- Training program how-to’s, from setup to management
- Rescue and first aid procedures
- And more than 200 pages of new safety-enhancing features
"The safety Bible for
those who work on or near electrical circuits of any voltage"
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Hazards of Electricity
- Chapter 2: Electrical Safety Equipment
- Chapter 3: Safety Procedures and Methods
- Chapter 4: Grounding of Electrical Systems and
Equipment
- Chapter 5: Electrical Maintenance and Its
Relationship to Safety
- Chapter 6: Regulatory and Legal Safety
Requirements and Standards
- Chapter 7: Accident Prevention, Accident
Investigation, Rescue, and First Aid
- Chapter 8: Medical Aspects of Electrical
Trauma
- Chapter 9: Low-Voltage Safety Synopsis
- Chapter 10: Medium- and High-Voltage Safety
Synopsis
- Chapter 11: Human Factors in Electrical Safety
- Chapter 12: Safety Management and
Organizational Structure
- Chapter 13: Safety Training Methods and
Systems
- INDEX
Author Biography:
John Cadick, P.E. is a registered professional engineer
and the founder and president of the Cadick Corporation. Cadick has
specialized for over three decades in electrical engineering,
training, and management. His consulting firm, based in Garland,
Texas, specializes in electrical engineering and training and works
extensively in the areas of power system design and engineering
studies, condition-based maintenance programs, and electrical
safety. Prior to creating the Cadick Corporation and its predecessor
Cadick Professional Services, he held a number of technical and
managerial positions with electric utilities, electrical testing
companies, and consulting firms. In addition to his consultation
work in the electrical power industry, Mr. Cadick is the author of
Cables and Wiring and of numerous professional articles and
technical papers. Dr. Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M.D., M.P.A. Chicago, Illinois (designer: this is the author bio I am missing,
but Sally Glover has it in blues pages)
Dennis K. Neitzel, C.P.E, is a certified plant engineer and
has 33 years of experience in the electrical field. During eight
years with the U.S. Air Force he served consecutively as an
electrician, electrical shift supervisor, quality control inspector,
and evaluator. Subsequent civilian employment included positions at
the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory and at Westinghouse Idaho
Nuclear, where he advanced to senior project engineer. Mr. Neitzel
went to AVO International Training Institute in 1986 and has
progressed from senior training specialist to Institute director. He
has served as a principal committee member for NFPA 70E standards
since 1992 and is currently working on the revision of OSHA
regulations. Mr. Neitzel has published articles on electrical
safety, holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering applied
sciences, and is a certified electrical inspector. {title page: author credits and cover, author names and credits
should appear like this:} John Cadick, P.E. Cadick Corporation
Dr. Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M.D., M.P.A. Chicago, Illinois
Hardcover 560 Pages - 6-1/4 x 9-1/4 in.
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