White Paper

WHITE PAPER – VeriSafe
™
– Update to the NFPA 70E Standard
NFPA 70E 2018 Standard for Electrical
Safety in the Workplace.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is a trade
association that develops and maintains various standards
and codes designed to prevent injury and economic
loss caused by fire and electrical related hazards. The
organization published NFPA 70E, the Standard for
Electrical Safety in the Workplace and updates the standard
every three years. One change in the latest version, NFPA
70E 2018, includes new language in Article 120.5 (7) about
absence of voltage verification. This white paper examines
the new NFPA 70E options for absence of voltage testing,
reviews the advantages and limitations of various voltage
testing and voltage indicator products, and explains how
the VeriSafe
™
Absence of Voltage Tester (AVT) complies
with the new NFPA 70E requirements.