Over the last few decades, lots of efforts have been made to protect the human life in industry against a large variety of hazards. Electrical maintenance work is required to be carried out in the vicinity of very high voltage electrical equipment and in overhead transmission line. Those who work in the electrical industry place themselves in the line of danger while repairing blown transformers, replacing downed power lines and handling other jobs where high voltage is a constant threat.

Electrical safety clothing can protect workers under these and similar situations and can help to reduce the chance of long-term injury or death.

Electrical safety clothing, or sometimes called arc flash clothing, is designed to provide a barrier from heat and flame, to minimize total burn injury and give the wearer a few extra seconds to seek shelter from a potential explosion or fire in the work area. Arc Flash clothing can increase the chances of survival and decrease the requirement of medical treatment (skin grafts) and subsequent infections. It can help preserve the life of a worker exposed to an electric arc event. Within a flash protection boundary, proper arc flash protective clothing needs to be worn. The majority of arc flash accidents occur with low (120V) and medium voltage (480V) equipment. However, the arc flash that occurred in a medium voltage installation are more serious than those that occurred in low voltage installations. Five to ten arc flash explosions occur in electric equipment every day in the United States, according to statistics compiled by CapSchell, Inc.

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The author is Manager (TQM) at Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn Limited, UPSIDC Industrial Area, Malwan, Dist. Fatehpur, U.P.