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ELECTRICAL SAFETY
energized, and that work is performed with appropriate personal protective equipment. The organizational components of good workplace health and safety practice go above and beyond techni- cal safety requirements. Workers not only need to be knowledge- able about proper electrical safety procedures, but also need to be confident of organizational support in following them in practice.
Richard Campbell is a senior research analyst with the National Fire Protection Association. He holds doctoral and master’s degrees in work environment policy and a master’s degree in social economy and social policy. He has broad interests in research and policy initia- tives that promote safe and healthy communities and workplaces. He serves on the editorial board of the journals Fire Technology and the New Solutions occupational and environmental health policy jour- nal. His research report, “Occupational Injuries from Electrical Shock and Arc Flash Events,” co-authored by David Dini and sponsored by the Fire Protection Research Foundation, is available at: http:// www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Fire-statistics-and-reports/ Research-reports/Electrical-safety/Occupational-Injuries-from- Electrical-Shock-and-Arc-Flash-Events.
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