Volt Safety

One of the key contributing factors in many electrical safety incidents is not wearing electrical insulated gloves. Usually an investigation will reveal one of three reasons behind the lack of gloves Number #1 is a lockout/tag out issue, a topic for another day. #2 is a culture issue that is too deep for a short … Read more

On a regular basis, we have clients ask us why they need to wear Electrical Safety PPE when they do not work “live”. It is a fair enough question and the answer is quite simple. Until a technician has tested to ensure the switchboard or piece of equipment is “dead” or “not live”, the untested … Read more

When it comes to Arc Flash protection, Volt Safety recommends, the use of Inherent FR Fabric. Inherent Fabrics such as DuPont Protera; Parvotex, Lenzing and Nomex do not lose their FR properties. Fabrics that are treated with FR sprays or have FR thread woven into a cotton base, lose their FR properties over time and … Read more