All three of IBEW 1245’s Peer-to-Peer safety groups traveled to IBEW Local 77 in Seattle to a second George Brooks Safety Initiative Safety Summit. The summit was held on Saturday October 10, with 25-30 members who came on their own time to participate. It was a great day of speakers and breakout sessions. Our Peer… [Read More]
Tree Trimmer Close Calls (by Ranking) in 2018
In 2018, the IBEW 1245 Keep the Clearance peer committee set a goal to surpass close call reporting of 104 close calls reported in 2017. That effort included focusing on events and locations where tree trimmers were present and asking them to report close call incidents anonymously. Close calls are not classified as accidents since… [Read More]
Safety Alert: Shotgun Style Hot Stick Sheared at Joint
Hold the Pull Peer Safety Committee Visits UNME
Members of IBEW 1245’s Hold the Pull peer safety committee took an opportunity to speak to a group of Local 1245 members who were meeting at a Union Network Member Experience (UNME) conference on Oct, 24, 2018. The HTP committee took a break during their bi-monthly meeting and shared their thoughts on the reasons they joined… [Read More]
Averting Disaster — IBEW 1245 Outside Line Crew Helps Contain Brush Fire
On September 22, an IBEW 1245 line crew from Rockstad Power was wrapping up work after a routine pole change-out when their day took an unexpected turn. As the crew was heading back to the Ukiah yard from Lakeport, they spotted a small brush fire, which apparently started when a pickup truck had lost its… [Read More]
Control the Pressure Peer Committee Hosts Annual Gas Safety Summit
More than 40 gas safety stewards from PG&E and NV Energy came together at the IBEW 1245 union hall on Sept 27 for the annual Control the Pressure Gas Safety Summit. IBEW Local 77 also sent Assistant Business Manager Mike Brown and two gas employees to observe and take back information on the CTP program… [Read More]
Health and Safety Committee Report: July-Sept 2018
Safety Committee Member Dan Boschee submitted a report on the proliferation of 5G radiation that he gathered at the NSC conference. This report was placed on the IBEW 1245 website Safety page. The link is: //ibew1245.com/2018/07/13/the-hazards-of-radiofrequency-rf-and-microwave-radiation/ Boshee also reported that Frontier performed a practice evacuation drill with personnel. Drills will be performed annually to coincide… [Read More]
Recall Field Service Action: 3M™ DBI-SALA® 16 Foot Talon™ Self Retracting Lifeline
3M Fall Protection has detected a small quantity of DBI-SALA® 16 Ft. Talon™ Self Retracting Lifelines that are defective due to an assembly error. This notice only applies to the 16 ft version of the Talon; no other versions of the Talon are affected by this condition. There have been no reports of fall-related injuries… [Read More]
Local 1245 Hosts Safety Professional Training
On August 22-23, IBEW Local 1245 hosted its fifth annual Utility Safety Operations Leadership Network (USOLN) Certified Utility Safety Professional (CUSP) certification class at Weakley Hall. The two-day training is designed to prep existing and hopeful safety professionals into the discipline of utility safety leadership, regulatory statutes, human performance and general tenets in the field of… [Read More]
Recall Notice: the Eaton Heavy Duty 30A & 60A Safety Switches
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