QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Standard for electrical safety in the workplace - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅NFPA 70E
1979 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Originally developed at OSHA's request, the first edition
of NFPA 70E was published in _______ and contained installation safety requirements
borrowed from the National Electric Code.
1981 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅In _____, safety-related work practice requirements were
added.
1995 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅In _______, "limits of approach" and "arc flash" concepts
were introduced.
1900s and 2000s - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Throughout the ______the emphasis was on
arc flash PPE requirements
2015 edition - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅_________, the focus began to shift from PPE
requirements to the employer's duty to create a comprehensive electrical safety program and
integrating it into their occupational health and safety management system.
2018 edition - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅________, focuses on protecting workers from
the two main hazards of electricity, the shock hazard and arc-flash hazard.
NFPA 70E - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅fleshes out how the performance-based
requirements in the OSHA standards should be met by providing and defining the minimum
standard industry practices necessary for electrical safety.
Purpose - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The purpose of this standard is to provide a practical
safe working area for employees relative to the hazards arising from the use of electricity,
NFPA 70E establishes safety processes that use policies, procedures, and program controls to
reduce the risk associated with the use of electricity to an acceptable level.