Shock Hazards - A Global Issue [Electrical Safety]

In countries with regulations and applied standards, there is still a need for reducing fatality rates. Research on new safety equipment is one area in which IEEE Industry Applications Society members are making an impact. I'd like to highlight three articles on this subject. First, "New Generation Tester to Assess the Electrical Safety in Low -Voltage Distribution Systems," by Mitolo and Bajzek, was published in the January/February 2019 issue of IRPF Transactions on Industry Applications. This article described a tester that checks for a high -impedance ground/earth connection that could re sult in a high step potential if there is a fault condition. This tester could be used for industrial, commercial, and household electrical systems and incorporated into existing testers that check for residual current/ground-fault circuit interrupters.