Arc flash is the exposure to the massive thermal energy released by an arc fault. All employees who work around energized electrical equipment (electricians, maintenance workers, operators, etc.) may get affected by an arc flash occurrence. Arc flashes are a primary hazard in the following types of industries: oil and gas, utility, solar, and wind power generation, paper and pulp manufacturers, hospitals, universities and colleges, food processing and packaging plants, breweries, bakeries, and dairies.
The four dangerous elements of an arc flash are: enormous light, pressure wave, acoustic energy, and thermal energy. An arc flash blast usually lasts less than a second, and leads to an outburst and a flash fire. A flash fire is a rapid moving flame that can be caused by diffuse fuel, such as dust, gas, or a vapour of a flammable liquid. All the five elements must be present in order to produce a flash fire: fuel, a source of ignition, oxygen, a constricted space, and combustion (the action of heating a substance until it burns away rapidly). When a worker is close to the location where the mishap happens, serious burns and even death can occur.
The NFPA 70E Standard demands that all employees wear arc-rated clothing “wherever there is possible submission to an arc flash above the threshold incident-energy level for a second degree burn.”
In order to find the proper Arc Flash clothing for your demand, you have to perform risk assessment to find out what hazards exist at your work place. You also should check if safety ratings of PPE you plan to provide for your workers are in line with the OSHA requirements. It is important for everyone’s knowledge that all arc-rated garments are also flame-resistant, but not all flame-resistant garments are arc-rated. When wearing multiple layers of arc flash safety clothes, it is important to calculate the combined arc-rating of your full outfit to ensure compliance with the NFPA 70E Standard.
Wearing arc-rated garments and PPE is the ultimate line of defence against severe injuries that may be caused by an arc flash. OSHA’s 1910.132 regulation states that “the protective equipment which includes personal protective equipment, shall be provided by the employer at no cost to employees”.
You should always train your team on how to wear their arc-rated PPE properly. The clothing has to be sized properly and be comfortable. The ability to quickly remove clothing that catches fire is also vital as it can prevent the person wearing it from getting severely burned or simply killed.
Specially designed Arc protective Clothing from TaraSafe® will help insulate the wearer from heat, resist breaking open of garment and will not ignite or continue to burn when exposed to a high intensity, short duration explosion and electric arc fire. We offer Arc Rated clothing providing protection from 8 - 40 cal/cm2.
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About TaraSafe
TaraSafe® specializes in conceptualizing, designing and producing high quality Protective Clothing for various end applications. Today Tarasafe® is the largest manufacturer and supplier of Flame Resistant protective clothing in India, with the distinction of successfully executing supplies of these special garments to various Indian industry giants in the Oil and Metal industries.
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Kolkata - 700 141, West Bengal, India
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