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Flame-Resistant Apparel for Utility Workers [VIDEO]

Selecting the right FR clothing is the first step. Glen Raven is a global leader in high-performance, inherently flame-resistant protective and hi-visibility fabrics for the utility, petroleum and industrial apparel markets. The health and safety of the men and women in these dangerous...

The Mentoring Gap: How the Loss of Informal Knowledge Is Affecting Safety

For much of the trade’s history, the most important safety lessons in line work were never written down. They were learned by proximity. New linemen watched how experienced hands approached a pole, handled a tool, or reacted when conditions changed. They learned when to slow down, when to...

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Lightning Strikes

In Canada, lightning flashes occur about 2.34 million times a year; with the highest levels of concentration during the summer months. While most lightning on earth is ground-to-cloud, recent research has identified that the majority of lightning events to tall structures, such as wind...

Human Factors on the Line: Fatigue, Complacency, and Decision Making at Height

How Real Incidents Actually Take Shape Most serious line incidents do not begin with a dramatic failure or an obvious violation of rules. They begin quietly, through a sequence of small decisions made under ordinary pressure. A grip adjusted instead of reset. A stance accepted instead of corrected....

Grounding & Protection

The Guide to IEEE Utility Safety Standards

A comprehensive review of IEEE guidelines and documents BY JIM TOMASESKI, IEEE, NESC Main Committee, PAR Electric Every day, utility workers are risking their lives in work environments that involve high-risk activities such as working at extreme heights, managing or repairing energized...

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ENHANCING REMOTE WORKER SAFETY

Remote field operations present the safety organization with a myriad of challenges when it comes to ensuring the safety of the people that you send out to work in the field every day. Without a doubt, this includes the line workers, but it also includes nearly every member of the staff whose...

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The Near-Miss Problem: Why Utilities Collect Data but Crews Do Not Trust It

The Promise of Learning Before Someone Gets Hurt

Near-miss reporting is widely promoted as a cornerstone of modern safety management. In theory, it allows organizations to identify hazards, weak signals, and system failures before they result in injury or death. A near miss is a warning shot, an opportunity to learn without paying the highest price. Yet in many utilities, near-miss systems collect far less information than they could, not because incidents are rare, but...

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Flame-Resistant Apparel for Utility Workers [VIDEO]

The Mentoring Gap: How the Loss of Informal Knowledge Is Affecting Safety

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Human Factors on the Line: Fatigue, Complacency, and Decision Making at Height

The Guide to IEEE Utility Safety Standards

ENHANCING REMOTE WORKER SAFETY

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The Near-Miss Problem: Why Utilities Collect Data but Crews Do Not Trust It

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Keeping the Lineman and His Work Site Safe

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