Industry, Union, OSHA Team Up on Electrical Transmission Safety 8/24/2004
An unusually broad group of electrical contractors--union and non-union--utility companies and the electrical workers' union have established a formal partnership with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to develop ways of improving safety in electrical transmission and distribution.
The agreement was signed Aug. 20 in Washington, D.C., by OSHA Administrator John Henshaw and top officials of contractors Henkels & McCoy Inc.; MYR Group Inc.; Pike Electric Inc.; Quanta Services Inc.; and Utility Services Inc; as well as the Edison Electric Institute; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and National Electrical Contractors Association.