Pretty much the same work here. Of course it can all be done with sticks just as any work can be if you are trained and equipped to do so. It comes down to the accepted work practices in your area....

Couldnt tell you that. Just telling what I have seen with OSHA. As you said, unless something happens they dont worry about the gate till the horses have done got out. All I know is the work...

I dont have an answer for OSHA. They actually stopped and done an audit on my crew a few months ago while gloving 46kv. They asked voltage and even wanted to know expiration dates on gloves but never...

No we do not take a current leakage test when gloving. Only our barehand buckets are equipped with a meter. Most distribution here is 25kv[14.4/24.9] and is gloved with class 3 gloves on the...

Unfortuantly gloving 46kv is a way of life down here especially during the summer months when you cant get clearances on 115 and 230kv lines. There are more 46kv radial lines here than you can...

We were all against it when it came about. Phasing sticks have it at 26kv and some change phase to ground. After working it for a little while it is actually better than gloving lower voltages...

It is in our contract out of Local 84 in GA to glove 46kv.

Got to agree with Batts. Doesnt matter if it is steel, concrete, or wood you treat them all the same. One of the first things I was taught as an ape was either its hot or a its a ground regardless of...

Have no idea how many are on the books, but Henkles has several crews down there and I heard Service Electric has a crew there. Have to call the hall.

Local 84 in Atlanta GA since 1997.

So much for, "Lineman Rescue"...:( That poor bastard...gonna die.:([/QUOTE]


If someone is in trouble up a pole I dont see a man taking the time to bucksqueeze his way to them. Any company that...

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That is the exception not the rule Batts. Now days its hard to know if you can fart without violating a safety rule. It is all about liability for the company whether utility or contractor. Common...

I am doing my part for the environment. I am eating the cows.

You said a mouthful there brother. The lack of proper training and knee jerk reactions are killing the skill in this trade. More and more companies are taking the "Pike" approach to safety. Someone...

I know for a fact this is the case on Georgia Power property. They pick and choose who can and cant work for the contractors. You and I can get fired for the same offense and I can work for them...

Doubt we will ever see it unless some that had them took some pictures. Buddy at the power company told me they removed the dozen or so they had issued. What really pisses me off is that they will...

Sorry to be misleading Buckingham. Learned he was wearing GA Powers version of the Bucksqueeze. How they got it osha approved is beyond me. It has an adjustment pin of some sort on the back side of...

It was a wood H-frame 115kv structure. Fell anywhere from 50 to 55 feet. He was 21 and married for less than a year. His dad is also a lineman with GA Power.

Swap your hoist around. Start with a hoist from the new pole and piggy back the hoist from the old pole. Same concept only when ya get all the strain off the old pole ya can remove the piggy back and...

We are on their system working, our inspector told us they think he didnt get the back pin of the bucksqueeze all the way in and then when he removed the rope strap and put his weight on the...

Thoughts and prayers go out to his family. We heard about the accident this evening. Wondering how this happened with GA Power's 100% fall arrest policy?

One company around here was so bad at placing the truck ground on the primary that they came up with the policy of sending up the ground on the handline and installing it with a shotgun. Again, lets...

Got to agree with Batts for once. Condor and Bronto make great lifts. Worked all last winter in a 180ft Bronto. Had a 4x8 platform with a jib.

I can only speak for union contractors but every local I have worked out of required the contractors to use customer{utility, co-op, whoever} safety rules as a minimum standard. Any rules the...