What You Need to Know to Stay Current
 
Update: Changes to NFPA 70E® 2021 Edition What You Need to Know to Stay Current By Steve Edwards & Jay Smith, Contributors The National Fire Protection Association’s 2021 (NFPA) 70E® Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace® has been updated and is now in effect. NFPA 70E® is one of the most widely used consensus standards in U.S. workplaces. The standard has a comprehensive scope (the 2021 standard is 100+ pages), addressing electrical safety-related work practices, safety-related maintenance requirements, and administrative controls to protect employees from electrical shock and arc flash. The standard covers every part of electrical work from voltage measuring and troubleshooting on both ac and dc systems, de-energizing equipment, and verifying the absence of voltage before any work is done. NFPA70E standard is revised every three years. The 2021 edition of NFPA 70E® was issued on June 1, 2020 and became effective June 21, 2020. The changes are important for every electrical worker to understand so they can keep in compliance and stay safe on their jobs. A Look at the Revisions: - Some of the 2021 revisions have been reorganizing. For instance, Article 110 of the standard – General Requirements for Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices — has been revised to consolidate general requirements for electrical safety-related work programs, practices and procedures from other articles. The first priority in implementing these work practices is hazard elimination. Energized electrical conductors and circuit parts operating at voltages equal to or greater than 50 volts are to be put into an electrically safe condition before an employee performs work if the individual is within the limited approach boundary and/or the individual interacts with equipment where conductors or circuit parts are not exposed but an increased likelihood of injury from an exposure to an arc flash hazard exists.
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