Travis Hessman
Sometimes, walking away from an arc flash event is a matter of just doing your homework.
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It's easy to complain, “We did everything right!� after a catastrophe – particularly when an explosive arc blast destroys the evidence.
But when John Kay, senior specialist, medium voltage technologies at Rockwell Automation says it, he actually means it.
It’s a phrase he found himself repeating often at the America's Safest Companies conference in October when recounting an “up close and personal� encounter with an arc blast he experienced recently while performing a routine walkthrough at a customer facility.
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I am trying to convince a customer that arc flash studies are vital and must be performed regularly so this will be a great positive reinforcement. Thanks for the post.