PPE · Personal protective equipment
Arc-rated clothing and gear selected from the incident-energy study, which means a relay setting that has drifted from the model can invalidate the label a technician is trusting.
Current numbers
issued 2026-04-16; effective 2026-05-06NFPA 70E-2027 edition dates; new 130.2(A)(2) additional-person requirement on permit-required PPE tasks and a dedicated DC-hazard article
1.2 cal/cm²arc-flash boundary incident-energy criterion; not a PPE-category assignment