Safety

Each year, the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) schedules a week-long Trench Safety Stand Down. This year, the event being held June 14–18. Founded in 1964, the National Utility Contractors...

On July 18, 2008, Deep South Crane & Rigging Co. gave just a few minutes of instruction to a crane operator unfamiliar with the controls of one of the world’s...

Objectives Upon completing this training, the employee will be able to: Provide several basic precautions to take when working on transmission structures Identify safety strategies to prevent incidents from occurring...

In 2016, OSHA published a final rule updating its more than 40-year-old respirable crystalline silica exposure limits and mitigated other silica-related hazards. Silica can cause health conditions ranging from silicosis...

The National Safety Council (NSC), Itasca, Ill., has observed June as National Safety Month since 1996. This annual observance aims to promote a culture of safety both in and out...