So there is alway a "Non-Disclosure" agreement or what's called a "Gag Order" to keep things out of the press.....
Sad but true is the fact that the lawsuit or settlemnt is worth more if the...
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So there is alway a "Non-Disclosure" agreement or what's called a "Gag Order" to keep things out of the press.....
Sad but true is the fact that the lawsuit or settlemnt is worth more if the...
http:// http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/may/05/tp-funeral-mass-was-high-voltage-brotherhood-sce/
FUNERAL MASS WAS HIGH-VOLTAGE BROTHERHOOD SCE UTILITY WORKERS PAY TRIBUTE TO FALLEN BROTHER
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Workers' Memorial Day
No worker should have to sacrifice their life for their livelihood. This affirmation speaks loudly each April 28 as our country commemorates Workers' Memorial Day, the day...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4yWyvGwE8g&list=UUF_I6GBflvedlKSktBj-crw&index=3
WTF
Seriously?
You guys make me feel weak or better yet you give me the strength to go on.
I climbed after my first hip replacement a couple of times just for fun. Now
with both hips replaced, a torn...
Inexperienced worker inspected powerline that caused Black Saturday bushfire, court hears Emily Portelli Herald Sun March 05, 2013 7:26PM
THE damage caused by a lightning strike to the powerline...
Over time, we all forget things. That’s why critical safety training must be repeated over and over again. In the USA, OSHA mandates that certain safety training be repeated on a regular basis. ...
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_22663644/pg-e-boosts-training-after-deaths-3-workersPosted: 02/25/2013 07:42:45 AM PST
SAN FRANCISCO -- Officials at Pacific Gas and Electric Co. are...
It was 1979, Started as a apprentice electrician 14yrs old at a High School. Greater New Bedford Vocational in Massachusetts. Seriously like it was yesterday the old crusty hard core instructor...
TX – Parents should never have to watch their kids defy death. But that’s what one Spring, Texas family is going through after their five-year-old boy and three-year-old girl were badly burned by an...
So I have always been aware of the rule 1910.269 prohibiting jewlry on electrical workers. Frig-Em you can send me home w/pay was my attitude. It's my religous right to risk my own life and keep my...
Seriously it's not about the money for the fine it's about the profit for the executives and return for the shareholder.
OSHA issued plenty of six- and seven-figure fines in 2011. Here are ten...
Just kicking the hive here, These communication workers without gloves or training in electrical hazzards get themselves in harms way using uninsulated buckets consistantly. I could share personal...
http://incident-prevention.com/component/k2/article/219-live-line-work-on-the-jersey-shore.htmlMonday, 14 January 2013 15:42 Written by Will Schnyer, CUSP
Early on October 29, 2012, Hurricane...
So if this is the rule and I have to climb across 3 Telecom and 1 catv and then the secondary/streetlight before approaching the primary gain I, figure you are belting and unclipping 10 times.
The...
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/755024.shtml
http://m.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/bottom_line/2013/01/dpu-upset-with-utility-layoffs.html?r=full[I[/I]
Mass. DPU is upset with size of layoffs at Northeast Utilities after NStar merger
by Jon...
JACKSON, MI – Jeffery Creel's death could have been prevented if the driver who hit him simply paid attention, Creel’s wife Robin said Thursday afternoon.
Creel, a journeyman line worker for...
http://www.equities.com/news/headline-story?dt=2012-11-28&val=761044&cat=utility
Professor reinforces electrocution theory [Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa.] By Paul Peirce, Tribune-Review,...
LIPA Worker Suffers Severe Shock From Downed Power Line: The East Hampton Press By Virginia Garrison Nov 8, 2012 2:20 PM Nov 13, 2012 3:13 PM
A Long Island Power Authority worker suffered a severe...
Poles jut break it happens with all the multiple communication attachments and drill holes. Just saying why was he climbing? Did he have a truck available and just claimed for the heck of it? Working...
Should we call them or just drop a dime on OSHA? LOL
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This has been an entertaining thread to say the least. I find it interesting how we choose to allow hazing and bullying as part of Apprenticeship. I would have liked to have witnessed this training...
Paragraphs 1910.269(l)(1)(i) and (ii) establish certain types of work where at least two employees must be present. Paragraph 1910.269(l)(1)(i) provides that at least two employees must be present...