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JUNE-JULY 2012 Archive

The Value of Personal Protective Equipment

| Will Schnyer |

Earlier this year I transitioned from an IBEW bargaining unit line foreman to a division maintenance manager. The transition is somewhat hard to fathom because it seems like it was just yesterday that I started my career in the electric utility industry. I can still visualize the day I started as an overhead distribution helper. […]

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That’s What I Meant to Say: Safety Leadership in Communication

| Tim D. Self, CUSP |

Individually, the disciplines of safety, leadership and communication each encompass a broad range of specialized experience. Yet, if we look at the relationship between the three disciplines, we can create a general understanding of how safety and leadership are directly impacted by communication in a specific work environment. Defining leadership can be a difficult task; […]

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Formal vs. On-the-Job Training

| Rick Tobey, CUSP |

I have been doing a lot of training and evaluation work over the past few years, and I have started to notice a trend. The workers who have had a formal in-depth training experience have a better perspective about the theories behind why they are performing certain tasks. Workers that are trained on the job […]

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How S.A.F.E.T.Y. Brought Bluebonnet Through the Fires

| Emily Wilkins, CSA, CUSP |

It was Labor Day weekend of 2011, around 2 p.m., when I received a call that there was a fire in my hometown. A big part of Bastrop County, Texas, was burning and thousands of people were being evacuated – friends, co-workers, neighbors and me. Details were scarce, but there were poles and transformers on […]

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Apprenticeship Training

| Chuck Woodings, CUSP |

Apprentice training has been around as long as man has worked. I retired after a nearly 50-year career that began with an apprenticeship, and I currently act as a safety and training director, working with power line and electrical apprentices. My personal training was all on the job with almost no bookwork. A lineman I […]

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Safe Digging – Get the 411 on 811

| John Boyle and Kurt Kollwelter |

Over the past 40 years, much attention has been given to the protection of underground facilities and utilities. This month’s Tailgate focuses on working on or in close proximity to those facilities and utilities. Prior to Digging Before digging, a call must be made to your state’s one-call facility. 811 is the national Call Before […]

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