March-April 2010
Safety Management
Prior to 1950, sources report that 30 percent of all linemen were electrocuted on the job. As a result, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has ranked...
Worksite Safety
It’s a warm summer day in San Diego. The temperature is 85 degrees, the relative humidity is 30 percent, and winds are out of the west at 10 to 15 mil...
Leadership Development
When searching for ways to improve safety and safety culture, many companies administer safety perception surveys to identify areas for improvement. A...
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This month’s Tailgate focuses on what we can do to combat overuse and overexertion injuries. As every utility employee knows, our work at times is hard, dirty and dangerous. The demands of our job require much physical wo...
This month’s Tailgate is a review of some basic safety precautions to take when using portable electric tools and equipment. The focus is on prevention of electrical shock, specifically when using 120-volt AC portable ele...
You’re a crew leader or even a supervisor and you really know your stuff, yet your crews aren’t quite following your direction. Something is amiss, but you can’t figure it out. Or maybe you’re a journeyman lineman, ...
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If you consider personal safety equipment inconvenient and uncomfortable to wear, you may want to consider the alternatives.
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An interview with Jack D. Sahl, Director - Corporate Environment, Health & Safety, Southern California Edison
One of the largest electric utilities in the U.S., and the largest subsidiary of Edison International, Sout...
Experiencing high turnover? Too many incidents? The answer to these problems could lie in a new, innovative training program.
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In the May/June 2005 issue of Incident Prevention the cover article, "Why Single-Point Grounding Works," generated a lot of inquires about single-point worksite grounding in underground installations. The most frequently as...
As Safety & Health Director for CMS/Consumers Energy, Tom Taylordiscusses his role in developing, maintaining and auditing all safetyand health programs.
Headquartered in Jackson, Michigan, Consumers Energy is the prin...
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The essence of safety is preventing incidents from having the opportunity to occur. When they do occur, it is usually the result of one or more safety systems failures. Failures, however, are the seeds of opportunity. Incid...
Identifying PPE Mistakes in Electric Arc Flash Programs
After a decade of electric arc testing, incident investigations and incident replications using electric arcs, a few lessons have emerged as critical in assessing a ...
This feature's title is not a rhetorical question. There really should be an answer-a definitive, widely accepted answer we could all give quickly and consistently. There isn't and we can't, though we try with great confide...
A review of the relevant standards and training that companies need to provide.
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