Stark Safety Consultants Electrical Safety Services

Helping your company comply with NFPA Standards and OSHA Regulations


Electrical Hazard Assessments

Stark Safety Consultants will conduct an on-site assessment of your facilities electrical safety hazards. This is the first logical step for any OSHA/NFPA compliant Electrical Safety program.


Electrical Safety Policies

Let Stark Safety Consultants help you create a standards based Safety Policy. This includes the development of company safety policies, drafting of supporting documents and an employee safety handbook and the creation of a formal annual review program.


Electrical Safety Training

Our Arc Flash Training program is conducted on-site by trained professionals to educate your workforce about the dangers of arc flash hazards. We review and discuss NECA, OSHA and NFPA regulations and how they apply to your facility. We provide step-by-step demonstrations on setting up flash protection boundaries, how to safely work on equipment and the various categories and levels of personal protective equipment. Training can be customized for qualified or non-qualified personnel. Remember, your facility's safety is determined by your workforce's knowledge, training and attitudes about arc flash hazards.


Labeling

Arc Flash labels identify potential arc flash hazards. These labels are used to warn qualified individuals of the type of hazard, correct Flash Protection Boundary distance and the required Personal Protective Equipment. Labels must be located so that they are clearly visible before examination, adjustment, servicing or maintenance of the equipment.


Arc Flash Hazard Analysis / Short Circuit and Coordination Studies

Stark Safety Consultants' staff can provide complete Arc Flash Hazard Analysis solutions or support your company through every part of the process.

We can give you a step-by-step process for completing every aspect of the process; with a typical process having Four phases for completion we offer a variety of ways to get them done which enables you to decide which way is right for your facility.

  1. Collecting the data
  2. Modeling the data
  3. Engineering analysis
  4. Hazard reduction / final reporting / installing labels

Using state of the art software, we will evaluate various electrical system configurations and operating modes and help you evaluate ways to manage your arc flash hazard personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements to provide the proper protection, while avoiding costly annual productivity losses and safety risks associated with over specification of PPE. Our system study report includes the results of the analysis, recommendations and a prioritized action plan. This report is provided to help assure proper electrical equipment ratings and settings, PPE selection and electrical service reliability.

We will help you determine the arc flash protection boundary for your facility and show you how to use that information to develop proper PPE requirements, work procedures, warning labels and boundaries to help clearly delineate areas where specialty clothing and protective gear is required.

CHANGE: NFPA 70E 2009

130.3 Arc Flash Hazard Analysis.

An arc flash hazard analysis shall determine the Arc Flash Protection Boundary and the personal protective equipment that people within the Arc Flash Protection Boundary shall use. The arc flash hazard analysis shall be updated when a major modification or renovation takes place.

It shall be reviewed periodically, not to exceed five years, to account for changes in the electrical distribution system that could affect the results of the arc flash hazard analysis.

The arc flash hazard analysis shall take into consideration the design of the over current protective device and its opening time, including its condition of maintenance.


Single-Line Diagrams

NFPA 70E requirements mandate accurate, up-to-date single-line diagrams. These documents are essential for documenting, troubleshooting, and communicating information about your power systems. To meet these requirements, Stark Safety Consultants can conduct a comprehensive site survey that is essential to develop or to update existing single-line diagrams or complete electrical system drawings. NFPA 70E requirements mandate accurate, up-to-date single-line diagrams. These documents are essential for documenting, troubleshooting, and communicating information about your power systems. Our department consists of a licensed Professional Engineer and a team of experienced draftsmen.


Personal Protective Equipment

Based on our analysis, we will provide PPE category requirements and recommendations to make certain you are in full compliance with all OSHA standards.


Preventive Maintenance Planning

We can help you develop a preventive maintenance program to specifically address arc flash hazards. Our optimized preventive maintenance program evaluates the condition of your equipment, the best way to keep your PPE operating properly and how to safely eliminate prolonged exposure to arc flash that could result in disabling injuries or death.


Arc Flash Hazard Reduction

We don't stop with just calculating the arc flash incident energy that is present. We will also give detailed recommendations for reducing all hazards greater the HRC 2 down to that level or below. This gives you the option to make the corrections to limit the amount of PPE will be needed when exposed to those pieces of equipment in your facility, making working conditions better for those needing to wear protective clothing.