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Michael Beckel

Michael Beckel

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Combating Overuse and Overexertion Injuries
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...
Safe Use of Portable Electric Tools, Cords and Generators
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...
Communication: The Key to Great Safety
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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Soil Resistivity Testing & Grounding System Design: Part II of II
The sole purpose of the design exercise for grounding systems is to make the performance predictable upon installation. For ground system designs, there are several options for the design process or the method of manipulati...
Making Sure Everyone Goes Home Safe at Southern California Edison
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...
How Safe Are Your Ground Grids?
Ground grids provide a fundamental safety feature in substations and should be tested periodically. Unfortunately, some are approaching 100 years old and haven’t been tested in many years. ...
Dreams Can Become Reality: SDG&E Flex Center
Just as classroom training helps people acquire necessary knowledge, SDG&E's FLEX Center prepares them for the physical aspects of their jobs. ...
Focusing on Safety at Comcast
An interview with ken Flechler, Vice President of Safety and Compliance, Comcast Corporation "Safety has always been my focus," says Ken Flechler, whose career began in Louisville, Kentucky as a Water Safety Instructor an...

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Incident Analysis
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...
Top Five PPE Mistakes
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 ...
When is a Lineman a Lineman?
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...
Effective Fall Protection for Utility Workers
A review of the relevant standards and training that companies need to provide. ...

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