Did you know that the roots of modern electricity go way, way back? They go all the way back to 4000 years ago! In 1936, while excavating ruins in a 2000 year old village near Baghdad, workers discovered what we today call the Baghdad Battery.… Read More »Did you Know? The Baghdad Battery
In June of 2016 tragedy struck the maintenance crew at the Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, New Jersey. A maintenance worker was replacing an overhead ballast in a light fixture and fell from his ladder. He was hospitalized for the injuries sustained… Read More »Electrical Hazards Cause Employee’s Untimely Death
Findings were recently released in the investigation of a July 2012 Arc Flash Accident in Shakopee, Minn. where four utilities workers were taken to the hospital due to injuries sustained while working on “inadvertently” charged power lines. It was determined that a series of missteps… Read More »Shakopee Public Utilities’ Missteps Cause Arc Flash Accident
Mar 28, 2013 A Queens, New York manufacturer violated OSHA health regulations, leading to citations for new and recurring hazards. Juniper Elbow received multiple repeat violations that came with $74,250 worth of fines. These violations included certifying that a hazard assessment had been conducted to… Read More »Juniper Elbow received multiple repeat violations that came with $74,250 worth of fines