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NFPA 70B is the standard for electrical equipment maintenance. This applies to equipment installed in accordance with NFPA 70 (NEC) standards (NFPA 70B 1.3) and addresses preventive maintenance (1.1). It does not cover consumer appliances intended primarily for the home (1.3.2).

For the typical maintenance technician, having a copy of this standard is not necessary. This is because the typical maintenance technician undergoes training, uses the procedures he writes, and performs specific maintenance tasks at intervals specified by the people for whom this standard was written.

For others, having a copy of this standard is essential. Maintenance planners, maintenance managers, maintenance engineers and CMMS managers need to know this standard. They should know this just as a master NEC electrician would be expected to know. This is true whether they are performing internal maintenance, contract maintenance, or working for specialized companies such as electrical testing companies.

The initial chapters are very short. Then you get to a series of chapters on testing, followed by Chapter Nine. This chapter talks about maintenance periods. The main feature of Chapter 9 is Table 9.2.2. This table contains approximately 4 full pages. To use it, you search for the type of asset you’re trying to hold (located in the Product column, sorted alphabetically). You then choose the scope of work from a list that may vary from just one job (e.g., thermal imaging) to several (e.g., visual inspection, mechanical service, electrical testing, etc.). Each will have an associated time interval. The mechanical maintenance interval for one product may differ from the mechanical maintenance interval for another product.

Chapter Ten relates to dangerous sites. Then, starting with Chapter 11, each chapter presents requirements for a specific type of asset (e.g., power and distribution transformers, buses, lighting, wiring equipment, etc.). This series ends with Chapter 36, Stationary Backup Batteries. Chapters 37 and 38 are “reserved” for instrument converters and control power converters, respectively.

This is followed by 13 appendices, from Appendix A to Appendix M, which provide detailed information. Three of them (Appendix C, D, E) are devoted to symbols, graphs, and figures (separately, and in that order). There is an appendix on reliability-based maintenance and another with case histories (including black and white photos).

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The NFPA 70E training is one of the standards that stands above the rest when it comes to electrical safety at the workplace. NFPA 70E is designed to protect workers from electrical risks such as Arc Flash and Shock, which is the mobile standard for any facility with active electrical equipment. Whether you are running a manufacturing factory, warehouse, hospital or commercial facility, make sure that your team is not only smart, it is necessary.

What is NFPA 70E?

NFPA 70E is a comprehensive standard of the National Fire Protection Association. Determines best practices for electrical safety in the workplace, with guidelines covering:

Personal protection equipment (PPE) shock, fragrances of Flash Flash, work permits, work practices, procedures and signs requirements for procedures/cost (Loto)

The standard is updated every three years to reflect new research, technologies and applications in the real world, while maintaining your current and protected team.

Training is not optional – it is very important

If your facility includes active electrical equipment, the NFPA 70E training is not optional. Osha NFPA 70E references as an acceptable way to comply with their electric safety systems, making it the cornerstone of safety programs at the workplace. Failure to train your employees can lead to expensive fines, an increase in the risk of infection or death, and the time to stop the workplace due to accidents, legal responsibility and insurance claims. These consequences are not only financial, but can also destroy your company’s reputation and morale.

Fire fines and violation of the risk of infection or stopping work due to responsibility for accidents and insurance claims

NFPA 70E training ensures that your workers understand risks and know how to identify, evaluate and reduce risks before starting any task that involves electrical systems.

ESS confidence for comprehensive training at the national level

In Electrical Safety Specialists (ESS), we offer in -depth NFPA 70E training designed to meet your industrial needs and facility. Our team of accredited professionals, with their knowledge and extensive experience, provides personal and virtual training courses at the country level, which helps companies of all sizes build a culture of safety and compliance.

What distinguishes ESS?

Software dedicated to meeting the level of your team’s experience and the instructions of Rolleshands-on to enhance the real world’s training materials in line with the latest scheduling NFPA 70E Editionfingible to reduce the disorder in your operations

Progress compliance – and protect your team

Do not wait for an accident or an OSHA to realize the importance of electrical safety training. With ESS, you can equip your team with the knowledge and skills they need to stay safe and avoid expensive accidents and maintain a safe work environment. It’s time to work now.

Call ESS today on 816-925-0443 to scope for NFPA 70E training-available in the country. Your team’s safety depends on that! Don’t wait, take the first step towards a safest workplace now.

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WESCO, a leader in business distribution to business, logistics services, and supply chain solutions, has announced the results of a new survey conducted in partnership with the International Electrical Safety Corporation (ESFI) to explore how connected safety solutions and modern changes in NFPA 70B can be: the standard for maintenance of electrical equipment to improve safety between facilities, and to determine where improvements can be done. The poll poll, conducted in August 2024, included 200 industries safety specialists including manufacturing, construction, health care and more.

The effect of safety solutions on safety in the workplace

One of the main causes of deaths and injuries in the United States. More than 80 % of the respondents – all of whom are responsible for safety in the workplace – consider the electrical risks one of the initial safety concerns. Dependence on connected safety solutions – from video analyzes to wearable devices, and robots to safety management programs – has proven that it helps to control the risks of the workplace and mitigate it as 95 % of the respondents are a decrease in the workplace injuries since the implementation of connected safety solutions.

Meanwhile, 78 % of the respondents in the survey stated that safety solutions are significantly connected or a significant improvement in their workplace. Among those who have not yet fulfilled the connected safety solutions, approximately 80 % reported that they were thinking about this and cited the sensors and machine sensors among their supreme choices.

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