Chris Grajek, CRSP, CUSP

Chris Grajek, CRSP, CUSP, has been Allteck’s director of health and safety since 2006. He leads a team of trades trainers and field safety coordinators for local and international construction and maintenance activities. Grajek is also involved with a number of transmission and distribution partnership task teams and provides instruction on a wide range of utility-driven training initiatives. He can be reached at cgrajek@allteck.ca.

Underground Electrical Vaults: Safety Concerns and Controls

October 12, 2016 | Chris Grajek, CRSP, CUSP | Safety Management, Worksite Safety

There are hundreds of thousands of man-accessible vaults in North America, with potentially tens of thousands of utility worker entries into those vaults each year. And it’s likely that every worker who enters a vault appreciates the safety procedures that govern the work. The combination of high-voltage electrical cables and aging infrastructure can exponentially complicate […]

Fire Restoration Best Practices for Utilities

June 10, 2016 | Chris Grajek, CRSP, CUSP | Safety Management, Worksite Safety

When the residents of Rock Creek – a small town in British Columbia just north of the Canadian-U.S. border – awoke to smoke on August 13, 2015, they quickly realized that danger was approaching. Fed by westerly winds, the Rock Creek fire spread from the west side of town to the east side, and then […]

Stringing Best Practices: Mesh Grips vs. Preforms

December 16, 2015 | Chris Grajek, CRSP, CUSP | Safety Management, Worksite Safety, Equipment Operations

When you ask lineworkers what differentiates their work from general construction, it’s not surprising that they will typically say they work with big lines at high voltages. Lineworkers take pride in keeping lines up and fixing them when they come down. We know that lines do come down inadvertently, and we also know that the […]