7 Electrical Safety Habits
The team at e-Hazard, an electrical safety training company, has used insights from over 100 accident investigations to develop a list of 7 electrical safety habits aimed to prevent injuries and…
Q&A Series: Care of Arc-Rated (AR) PPE
End-users contact us frequently with questions regarding the use, care, and retest requirements of their arc-rated PPE. To help get the message out, we’ve compiled a series of 3 posts…
Arc Rated (AR) vs Flame Resistant (FR): Understanding the Difference
Similar but different – How do you tell the difference Between Arc Rated (AR), Flash Fire Rated (FFR), and Flame Resistant (FR)? In 2012, NFPA 70E changed the terminology referencing…
SEI Becomes Subsidiary of ASTM International
For Immediate ReleaseArcWear is proud to announce that our FlashCert program partner, Safety Equipment Institute (SEI), has become a subsidiary of ASTM International. ArcWear has long served on ASTM committees…
When Product Tests Fail: Tips from a Laboratory
Failures are a common, almost inevitable experience in product development. While it’s always disappointing, read on to learn three tips from a testing lab on how to mitigate risk and ease the…
NFPA 2112 Open for Comment, Proposes Rainwear Addition
NFPA 2112 is in Step 2 of the 2017 revision cycle: public comment. In step 1, public input was received and the technical committee held a meeting, reviewed the input, and…