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How Dangerous is Linemen Work?

Many occupations pose risks to workers, but few match the dangers that linemen face daily. Linemen play a critical role in maintaining and restoring the power grid, often working in extreme weather conditions, at significant heights, and around high-voltage electrical systems. Their work is...

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Why Testing Rubber Goods Is Essential to Electrical Safety

The risk of injury, and even death, from electric shock is drastically reduced by taking a few simple steps with your rubber goods. Keep up with daily inspections and cleaning, use safe storage methods, and test your equipment regularly at an experienced, accredited testing lab. Why Rubber...

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Electrical Safety for First Responders

How Smart Grid technologies can become an electrical hazard to rescue workers Smart Grid technologies have risen to prominence in North America. Media outlets, industry experts, vendors, and utilities all echo the same positive sentiments regarding a digitized power grid. However, new...

Utilities Opt to Automate Crew Scheduling, streamline work

For many utilities, scheduling each day’s construction and restoration work means manually organizing and keeping tabs on ever-changing crew schedules and resources. Managers meticulously update whiteboards dotted with color-coded magnets representing crews and trucks. Augmenting the...

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The Right Vendor Partnerships Positively Impact Line Crew Safety

A variety of factors influence the safety of those who work on utility lines. Many of the items are standard and likely on everyone’s line worker safety checklist. But there’s one that may not be top-of-mind when considering how to keep linemen and linewomen safe — the influence...

Utility Safety Standards

Benefiting from OHSMS Systems

How to protect workers with an occupational health and safety management system BY IVANA STRGACIC, Strategies for the Environment Inc. Reliability (that is, keeping the lights on) is at the forefront of electric utility business plans. Another important item that takes priority in these...

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KEEPING PACE WITH SAFETY

Lineman Safety Standards are designed to create a safer work environment for linemen and communication workers. It is an ongoing mission for those of us who serve on the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), so it’s worthwhile to highlight changes embodied in Part 4 of the recently released 2017 edition.

Workers may familiarize themselves with these revisions and it’s important that employers align their safety programs with the Lineman Safety Standards and changes to them....

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How Dangerous is Linemen Work?

Why Testing Rubber Goods Is Essential to Electrical Safety

Electrical Safety for First Responders

Utilities Opt to Automate Crew Scheduling, streamline work

The Right Vendor Partnerships Positively Impact Line Crew Safety

Benefiting from OHSMS Systems

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KEEPING PACE WITH SAFETY

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Ugh, Why So Much HSE Paper?

Lineman Safety during a Wildfire

Obsoleting The Absence Of Voltage Test?

Proper Inspection of Grounds and Jumpers is a Well Grounded Practice

Flame-Resistant Apparel for Utility Workers [VIDEO]

Since 1952 Tallman has been Setting the Standard for Linemen

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Trailer Mounted Single Reel V-Groove Carrier/Tensioner

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Electrical Safety and Arc Flash Handbook, Vol. 4

OSHA 3075 Fact Sheet – Understanding Electrical Hazards in the Workplace

Electricity Today T&D Magazine – Smart Grid & Linemen Safety Fall 2024 Issue

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Zero-Trust Substations: How CIP Is Shifting from Perimeter Defense to Continuous Vendor and Supply-Chain Risk Management

The Role of Digital Twins in Substation Management and Grid Optimization

End-to-End Monitoring Systems Feeds Situational Awareness

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