Every day 5 to 10 people are rushed to the hospital with severe burns and serious, sometimes fatal, injuries caused by an arc flash blast. A fiery electrical explosion, an arc flash is a common hazard people who work on electrical equipment must face.

Fatal burns can occur up to five feet from an arch flash and severe burns up to ten feet away. Plus, the pressure wave created by an arc flash can damage eyesight, hearing or brain function. In fact the U.S. Department of Labor estimates that 2,000 people a year die as a result of arc blasts.

Besides the horrendous toll that an arc flash has on human life, such an electrical blast can also disrupt business, increase insurance rates, result in penalties and citations from OSHA, litigation and bad public relations.

M.C. Dean, Inc. developed ArcSTOP, an arc flash prevention (AFLP) program to help businesses and organizations reduce risks from an arc flash or electrical accident.

An AFLP Company

The most important factor you should consider about AFLP is the company administering the program. An AFLP program should be delivered by an experienced company with:

< Risk management experts

< Professional electrical engineers

< Master electricians

< Certified safety officers

< Professional trainers

M. C. Dean, Inc., one of the nation's largest electrical and engineering contractors, is the perfect firm to administer your AFLP program. By implementing and following best practices for a through AFLP, we will give organizations and risk managers the information you need to answer that all important question, “What happens when…?”

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