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This paper presents a comparative analysis of similar substation transformers operating at different voltage levels and investigates the impact of voltage on arc-flash hazard risk category.

Attendees will learn:

• How a change from high voltage to medium voltage impacts HRC
• Dangers associated with 480-volt systems
• How to minimize cost and risk through a reduction in equipment voltage

Simulation-based electrical safety training teaches concepts through distinct, personalized experiences that are driven by trainees’ decisions. Trainees learn in a virtual environment, experiencing difficult and dangerous situations they would otherwise first encounter on the job.

Attendees will learn:

• How simulations individualize learning experiences, foster ownership of concepts, and empower trainees to make confident decisions in the real world
• Use of simulations and regulation-based reporting to further individualize electrical safety training
• How to create a flexible lesson structure that can stand alone or integrate into existing training programs
• How detailed reporting informs trainers to identify problem areas and specific needs of individuals

People on the job often talk about the hazards associated with performing a job, but they often neglect how the risk is factored in. Often, people talk about the hazard when they really mean the risk.

Attendees at this presentation will learn:

• The difference between hazard and risk
• Common risk factors
• How to evaluate the risks as well as hazards

Many in the industry today are still looking for an effective way to comply with OSHA’s electrical safety performance requirements. This presentation will explore whether any additional burden is placed on employers if they choose to develop their electrical safety program and electrical safety-related work practices on NFPA 70E.

This next-level approach goes way beyond compliance. Attendees will learn a simple, leveraged approach that eliminates the “us versus them” mentality and instills in the worker an internal desire to be proactively accountable in moving organizational culture to new levels of performance.

Attendees will:

• Learn how to structure and communicate with your employee
• Learn how these practices support and promote performance improvement
• Review case studies of these practices (including an 87.5% sustained performance improvement over a 30-month period)

This paper will describe a major 43 cal/cm2 arc-flash fault at a 3.000 ampere 34.5 kV motor operated air break (MOAB) switch that destroyed the switch and the nearby 3,000 ampere breaker. There were no injuries due to the procedures used to operate the devices remotely from a nearby control house.