National fire protection association nfpa standard nfpa 70e, standard for electrical safety in the workplace. Tasks on electrical installation should be performed after locking out the equipment, however, if a lockout procedure is impractical then, a risk analysis should be undertaken to reduce and evaluate the risk. Ii, and iii of the canadian electrical code and other related canadian workplace electrical safety standards e. Arc flash forum view topic download csa z462 until june 6, 2008. See nfpa 70e in the usa, csa z462, or applicable local standards. Csa z462, workplace electrical safety standard is a standard of the canadian standards. Csa z462 first past vicechair, voting member, annexes working group leader, nfpa 70e technical committee annexes working group, csa z463 associate member, ieee 1584. Written opinions by the authors are personal technical opinions.
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