Helping cut burn risk
June 1st 2007 The risk of exposure to
electric arc is a hot topic
when working with
electricity. No matter how
many steps are taken to
minimise the potential for
an accident, it is crucial to
be prepared for the worst, as
Paul Reader, Empower's
electrical training specialist
explains week after week at
the company's training
centre in Nottinghamshire.
Having witnessed the
technologies, exacting
standards and attention to
detail at DuPont's garment
testing facility in Geneva,
Reader recommends use of
flame resistant protective
coveralls, such as those
made of DuPont NOMEX®.
The purpose of such
clothing is to address the
thermal effects, ie burn
injury hazard, of exposure to
flash fire and/or electric arc.
Layered garments made of
NOMEX can stand the arc
blast, absorb the bulk of the
radiant heat energy caused
by electric arc or flash fire
and help minimise the burn
injury level through its
inherent flame resistant
properties.
Protection is permanent
and cannot be washed out
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