NECA 2018 Safety Professionals Conference

Scott Mitchell Margolin

Tyndale


Scott attended Franklin & Marshall College and the University of Delaware. Prior to joining Tyndale in 2016, he was a firefighter for six years, then spent ten years at DuPont working with Kevlar and Nomex, leading their flash fire business for four years, before spending 16 years as the International Technical Director of Westex. Scott has extensive experience with the performance of many protective apparel fabrics; he has conducted or observed over 4000 flash fires and more than 1900 electric arcs at laboratories in the United States, Canada, South America and Europe. Included in this work are the largest and most comprehensive flash fire test series ever conducted by an independent lab; unprecedented field analysis of the energy, duration and hazards of actual flash fires in an outdoor industrial environment, a 3 year arc flash project conducted by a major electric utility which used actual equipment and real system energies, making major advances in confined space and overhead work; and recent groundbreaking testing of low-voltage equipment arcs. Scott participates in a number of industry organizations, including Edison Electric Institute, National Safety Council, ASTM, ASSE and NFPA. He frequently addresses trade associations and groups regarding electric arc and flash fire hazards, body burn injury, the protective performance of flame resistant clothing, and related topics.

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