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Shouldering Responsibility for Protecting Workers From Arc Flash Incidents

An effective electrical safety program ensures that workers are equipped with the tools, skills and organizational support to recognize and avoid hazardous conditions that could lead to an arc flash incident.
By Trip Harrison
February 13, 2019
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by Trip Harrison

Trip Harrison is President of Baltimore-based Curtis Engine & Equipment Co., Inc., the highly specialized provider of world-class power generation equipment and service in the Mid-Atlantic for commercial, institutional, government and other customers with mission-critical power needs. Celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2019, Curtis Engine is an authorized distributor for MTU Onsite Energy (a division of Rolls Royce Power Systems).

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