All three peer groups traveled to Local 77 in Spokane to the George Brooks Safety Initiative Safety Summit. The summit was held on Saturday, March 24. There was over 100 members who came on their own time to participate. It was a great day of speakers and breakouts. Our peer committee chairmen from KTC, CTP… [Read More]
Mental Health Myths and Facts
Four members of the IBEW Local 1245 Health and Safety committee attended the IBEW labor division caucus and National Safety Council caucus in Rosemont, Ill. They participated in trainings and classes focused on member health, including a discussion of the rising issue of mental health and suicide. Canadian International Representative Bruce Harris spoke at length… [Read More]
Health and Safety Committee Reports from National Safety Council Caucus
Utilities Safety & Health Chairman Tom Nichols spoke of an incident in which four people were killed. The incident involved a three-man crew and a helicopter pilot, and all four were killed when a nosebag hanging on the outside of the helicopter got into the tail rotor and caused the crash. The pilot maneuvered away… [Read More]
Hold The Pull Summit Empowers Safety Stewards With New Skills and Tools
Hold the Pull is IBEW 1245’s groundbreaking peer-to-peer program that seeks to motivate IBEW members in the electrical field to promote safety through mutual support and protection on the job. The goal of the Hold the Pull initiative is for all workers to take responsibility for their own safety and the safety of their crewmates. On… [Read More]
Study Links Declining Union Strength to More Workplace Deaths
It’s no secret that the waning power of American unions has contributed to stagnant wages. But a new study suggests that this trend hasn’t affected just worker income. It also may have cost thousands of lives.
Schneider Electric Recalls Square D Safety Switches Due to Electrical Shock Hazard
The power can stay on when the safety switch handle is in the “OFF” position, posing an electrical shock or electrocution hazard to consumers.
Local 1245 Peer Groups Support Local 77 Safety Initiative
On March 24, members of IBEW 1245’s the three Peer-to-Peer safety programs traveled to Spokane, Washington to participate in what is hoped to be the birth of a new peer safety program at IBEW Local 77. Hold the Pull Committee Chairmen Mike Van Egmond Keep the Clearance Chair Carlos Rodriguez and Control the Pressure Chair… [Read More]
Health and Safety Committee Report: January-March 2018
Rich Lane (IBEW 1245 Business Representative) January: We discussed rules surrounding the addition of four synthetic opioids that became DOT-regulated on Jan. 1, 2018. PG&E has issued an advisory to its employees, and IBEW has placed information on the website concerning safety sensitive classifications affected by the change. February: We handed out information to the… [Read More]
The Right Place at the Right Time: Local 1245 members administer CPR outside a grocery store
PG&E Electric Line Crew Foreman Danny Perez and Lineman Aaron Minnick have a combined 51 years on the job. In all those years, neither one has ever had to use their CPR/First Aid training in an emergency before. But that changed on Tuesday, April 3. Perez and Minnick, along with Apprentice Lineman Ben Hubbell, were… [Read More]
Preventing Occupational Valley Fever at Panoche Valley Solar Project — An Important Notice from the California Dept of Public Health
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