Brady 121092 Vinyl Preprinted Arc Flash & Shock Labels, Black and White, 5" Height x 7", Legend "Danger Arc Flash & Shock Hazard Appropriate Ppe Required Flash Protection Flash Hazard Category 3" (5 Labels per Package)

[Music] hi I'm Don Dawson in this program we're going to look at how you can prevent an arc flash and blast from being your last [Music] electricity it's so common in our homes and workplaces that is easy to take it for granted and to forget about its hazards but with more than a thousand people being killed every year in electrical accidents and about 30,000 being injured Electrical Safety literally is a matter of life and death electricity poses two major hazards to those who work with or around it the most intense is arc flash a sudden violent release of electrical energy it's powerful heat and blast effects can cause severe injuries and fatalities the second is shock when electric current passes through your body it can cause burns internal injuries cardiac arrest even death many people confuse the two and think that arc flash is just a type of shock but it's not so let's first look