The Old Survival Kit We have been providing the same basic kit to our clients for years now. Many of you are familiar with the orange backpack stuffed with numerous items valuable in a survival situation. We spent the last couple of years investigating the usage...
A recent Weather Channel video featuring NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and their Tucker sno-cat operating near Grand Junction. WATCH THE VIDEO...
Louisiana cellular tower company cited by OSHA following worker fatality LOUISE, Miss. – Custom Tower LLC of Scott, La., has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for one willful safety violation following the death of a worker who fell approximately...
OSHA Violations? Guess what is #1? Standard Total Violations 1. 1926.501 – Fall Protection: 8,241 2. 1910.1200 – Hazard Communication: 6,156 3. 1926.451 – Scaffolding: 5,423 4. 1910.134 – Respiratory Protection: 3,879 5. 1910.305 – Electrical, Wiring Methods: 3,452 6. 1910.178 – Powered Industrial Trucks: 3,340 7. 1926.1053 – Ladders: 3,311 8. 1910.147 –...
One Size Fits All? Face it - we are not all the same. Tall, not so tall, skinny, not so skinny, men, women...
Recently our very own Director of Training Todd Horning and a class of Tower Climbing Safety & Rescue Certification students were featured in a news segment about safety in the tower industry. Please watch it here: Good job Todd - Climb Safe! Kevin Carter...
Investing in our Instructors As discussed in an earlier post, we are continually investing in our instructors and their safety & rescue knowledge. Our team is diverse and we pull from a variety of industries for cross training, to learn the latest techniques, equipment and...
Safe All-Terrain Vehicle Operation The Safe All-Terrain Vehicle Operation article featured in Utility Safety magazine was written in 2000 by Bill Siuru and myself about winter hazards and operating All-Terrain vehicles. In addition to discussing winter hazards some OSHA citations involving snowcat operations were discussed. These...
How do you inspect your equipment? The easy answer that I give during our safety & rescue certification classes is the following: “I inspect each piece of equipment every day according to the manufacturer’s specifications”. While this might seem like a politically correct way to answer a...
For many years we stored copies of magazine and newspaper articles that had been written by us or written about our training by others in the history section of our web site. When the new website came along this summer the IT folks decided that...