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The 2002 edition of NFPA 79, Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery, was rewritten to align with IEC 60204–1.

The NEC® was first translated into Spanish in 1927.

In 1984, the first edition of Fischer’s Pocket Guide to the National Electrical Code was published by Prentice Hall.

In the United States, one worker is killed each day due to electrical hazards.

The NEC® and NFPA 70E® are two of four industry standards that establish practices for prevention of arc-flash incidents.

NFPA 70E® is regarded as a guide for employers to use in complying with OSHA regulations.

The NEC® and NFPA 70E® are two of four industry standards that establish practices for prevention of arc-flash incidents.

The NEC® is recognized almost universally in the United States, and every electrical apprentice and training program places a heavy emphasis on its provisions.

The NEC® was first translated into Spanish in 1927.

NFPA 70E® uses six categories of hazard and risk for electrical work, from minus one up to four. 

Every year in the United States, some 3,600 workers are permanently disabled by electrical contact injuries.

The 2008 NEC® has added new provisions to reduce worker hazards and correlate with NFPA 70E® worker safety rules. 

The four basic hazards of electricity are shock, burn, arc, and fire ignition.

Most of the electrical safe work practices in NFPA 70E® are contained in the first chapter, which covers electrical safe work practices for qualified and unqualified electrical workers who may be exposed to electrical shock and/or arc-flash hazards.  

According to statistics compiled by Capshell, Inc., a Chicago-based research firm, five to ten arc-flash explosions occur in electrical equipment every day in the United States. 

The NEC® was one of the first ANSI-accredited documents. 

The original title of NFPA 70E®, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, was NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety Requirements for Employee Workplaces. 

In 1990, OSHA adopted regulations on safe electrical work practices based on NFPA 70E®.

With the 2008 edition, the NEC® is 110 years old and in its 33rd iteration.

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which supports activities involving the NEC®, electrocutions associated with consumer products have decreased from 210 in 1993 to 160 in 2003.

The 2004 edition of the NFPA 70E® was written in such a way that complying with NFPA 70E electrical safety rules means also complying with OSHA regulations. 

Over a thousand people in the United States and Europe reviewed the first edition of the NEC® before its publication in 1897.

The first edition of NFPA 70E® was published in 1979.

NFPA 70E® has been approved as an American National Standard, but OSHA has not incorporated it into the Code of Federal Regulations. 

The NEC® has been translated into Spanish, Korean, Thai, and Japanese.

In 1977, NFPA® harmonized the development process of the NEC® with the consensus process used to develop all other NFPA® codes and standards. 

In the United States, one worker is killed each day due to electrical hazards. 

For the 2008 edition, the NEC® Technical Correlating Committee received 2,349 comments during the revision cycle.

Electrical safety, the basis of NFPA 70E®, is the leading subject in the North American power industry.

The U.S. Fire Administration reports that electrical problems are responsible for 67,800 fires annually.

It is estimated that there are more than 400 million GFCIs installed in homes and businesses throughout the U.S.

The U.S. Fire Administration reports that home fires from electrical problems are responsible for 485 deaths and 2,305 injuries each year.

The U.S. Fire Administration reports that home fires from electrical problems are responsible for 485 deaths and 2,305 injuries each year.

In 1894, founder William H. Merrill opened Underwriters’ Electrical Bureau, the Electrical Bureau of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.

OSHA only allows work on live electrical parts under two special circumstances: (1) when continuity of service is required, and (2) when de-energizing equipment would create additional hazards. In all other cases, lockout/tagout is the law.

For the 2008 NEC®, a temporary 20th Code-Making Panel (CMP) was added to write a new Article 585 on “Critical Operations Power Systems.”

The use of AFCIs is endorsed by NFPA, NECA, the CPSC, the Electrical Safety Foundation International, and other prominent organizations.

In 1937, the NEC® expanded its purview to include safeguarding people as well as property.

In 1930 the NEC® was observed in more than 2,000 communities in the United States.

Article 780, Closed-Loop and Programmed Power Distribution, which has been deleted from the 2008 NEC®, was originally added to the Code nearly 20 years ago to allow development of a special cabling system used for hard-wired “smart houses.”

In 1881, Thomas Edison wrote a letter to the National Board of Fire Underwriters, original publisher of the NEC®, stating that electricity is “absolutely free from any possible danger from fire, even in connection with the most inflammable material.”

There were 587 proposals for the 2009 NFPA 70E®, Electrical Safety in the Workplace, almost 300 of which were related to Article 130.

The four chapters of NFPA 70E® are Safety-Related Work Practices, Safety-Related Maintenance Requirements, Safety Requirements for Special Equipment, and Installation Safety Requirements.

Although the National Fire Protection Association® first acted as a sponsor of the NEC® in 1911, the National Board of Fire Underwriters published the document until 1950.

As a result of OSHA standards and enforcement practices, worker deaths reported in 2002 were down by approximately 60 percent.

The IBEW is the largest electrical union in the world, representing approximately 750,000 members in a wide variety of fields.

By 1934, many cities and states had revised their existing codes to agree with the NEC®. California brought its code into 99% agreement with the NEC.

In 1896, five separate and often conflicting electrical codes were being used in the United States.

The NEC® has been translated into Spanish, Korean, Thai, and Japanese.