MARCON 2026: Electrical Injuries Are the ONE Workplace Hazard Still Getting Worse

Electrical injuries are the ONLY OSHA category that has gone UP over the last decade, while every other reportable, including fatalities, has gone down. NFPA 70B and 70E are a regulatory gamechange, but only if the industry actually implements them.

At MARCON 2026 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Alan Ross of APC Media moderates a live panel discussion featuring four industry leaders: Jon Bucciarelli (President, S&D Meyers), Adrian Messer (SDT), Mark Paul (Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing, Iris/E-Sentry), and Mike Doolan (Chief Reliability Officer, CBRE Data Center Solutions) — four people who live inside this risk daily. Together they explore the urgent intersection of electrical safety, maintenance, and reliability.

With transformer lead times stretching beyond a year, aging infrastructure, exploding data center demand driven by AI and high-performance compute, and a critical shortage of qualified electrical personnel, the stakes for electrical system reliability have never been higher. NFPA 70B’s 2023 mandate for condition monitoring and partial discharge testing is not just a compliance checkbox. It is a lifeline for workers, facilities, and entire operations.