Recognizing Electrical Safety as a Shared Responsibility

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Recognizing Electrical Safety as a Shared Responsibility
Michael Johnston, NECA James Dollard, IBEW Local 98, Philadelphia

Electrical safety is a shared responsibility of both employers and employees, though many 70E programs only focus on the employee. This presentation will detail the responsibilities for both and explain how to apply the standard in a practical way to attain compliance and keep workers returning home each day.

Presented by:

Michael Johnston, NECA
Michael Johnston is NECA's Executive Director of Standards and Safety. He holds a BS in Business Management from the University of Phoenix. Mike is the Chairman of the NEC Correlating Committee and an Alternate on Code Making Panel 1. He served on NEC Code Making Panel 5 in 2002 and 2005, and was Chair of Code Making Panel 5 representing NECA for the 2011 NEC cycle. Among his responsibilities for managing the codes, standards, and safety functions for NECA, Mike is secretary of the NECA Codes and Standards Committee. He is a member of the IBEW and is an active member of ANSI, IAEI, NFPA, SES, ASSE, ANSI-EVSP, ANSI-ESSCC, the UL Electrical Council, and the National Safety Council, and is Vice Chair of the NFPA Electrical Section.

James Dollard, IBEW Local 98, Philadelphia
Jim Dollard is the Safety Coordinator for IBEW Local 98 in Philadelphia. He is a Master OSHA 500 Instructor and works closely with Penn-Del-Jersey NECA towards safe working conditions on all job sites. Jim is a member of NEC Code Making Panels 10 and 13 and the correlating committees for NFPA 70E, NFPA 90A/B, and a member of the UL Electrical Council. He is the author of the NJATC Codeology textbook and the 2008 NJATC NEC Significant Changes, and co-author of the 2001 NJATC NEC Significant Changes and the NECA/Electrical Training Alliance Significant Changes to NFPA 70E 2015. His excellent presentation skills, knowledge of the electrical industry, extensive background in the electrical construction field, and involvement in electrical safety and codes/standards allow Jim to make standards easy to understand.