This website stores data such as cookies to enable important site functionality including analytics, targeting, and personalization. View our privacy policy.

ISHN logo
search
cart
facebook twitter linkedin youtube
  • Sign In
  • Create Account
  • Sign Out
  • My Account
ISHN logo
  • NEWS
    • VENDOR NEWS & CASE STUDIES
    • TODAY'S NEWS
  • PRODUCTS
  • TOPICS
    • Environmental Health and Safety
    • Facility Safety
    • FR Protection
    • Government Regulations
    • Health
    • Industrial Hygiene
    • Occupational Safety
    • Oil & Gas
    • PPE
    • Transportation Safety
    • Vendor News & Case Studies
    • More Topics
  • CONSTRUCTION
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • COLUMNS
    • Best Practices
    • Editorial Comments
    • Leading Safety
    • Safety Analytics
    • Safety Culture
    • Safety Talk
    • Training Strategies
  • EDUCATION
  • MULTIMEDIA
    • Bulwark FR Quiz
    • J. J. Keller HazCom Quiz
    • Videos
    • Webinars
    • Podcasts
  • MORE
    • Buyer's Guide
    • Polls
    • eNewsletters
    • Events
    • ISHN Store
    • Sponsor Insights
    • Convention Companion
  • EMAGAZINE
    • eMagazine
    • Archived Issues
    • Contact
    • Advertise
    • Subscribe
Home » Keywords: » utilities

Items Tagged with 'utilities'

ARTICLES

Honeywell tech

Honeywell expands smart energy offering with underground utility locating and data capturing services

Solution enables utility companies to precisely locate utility lines with satellite navigation technology, reducing operational costs, carbon footprint and administration with reusable data
July 14, 2022

The solution provides gas, electric and water utility companies and municipalities with an advanced digitalized approach to the traditional “paint and flags” practice of utility line locating. 


Read More
LOTO procedures

Tips for contractors applying LOTO procedures at their client’s facility

Ray Chishti
November 8, 2021
Utilities, equipment, machines, and HVAC systems often have sources of hazardous energy that require isolation during demolition and construction activities to keep contractor employees safe.
Read More
utility industry

How to improve construction efficiency with temporary power sources

Evelyn Long
May 27, 2021

Maintaining a high level of construction efficiency makes it easier for contractors to stay on schedule and under budget. It’s simple to envision how a power outage could halt work and cause other complications, such as increasing workers’ risk of injury.


Read More
April2021-HalenHardyFeature-1170x878.jpg

5 topics to cover during daily briefings for utility workers

Restoring power is risky business
Karen Hamel
April 29, 2021
Restoring power typically means sending out crews, often in extreme weather conditions. It may also require coordinating assistance from other utility providers through mutual aid agreements.
Read More
Enerdine

Neutralizing the pain points in natural gas meter installations

Integrating natural gas safety breakaways in the system can eliminate catastrophic meter damage that can result in lost service and fires or explosions
David Morrow
March 16, 2021

The natural gas meter may be the textbook example of something that is said to be “hidden in plain sight.” Every structure – from house to hospital and grocery store to commercial warehouse – that uses natural gas as the feedstock for its furnaces, stoves or water heaters has at least one of the (usually) gray boxes bolted to its exterior.


Read More

Power Dry® Dual Hazard long sleeve shirt for women

January 1, 2016
Next month, DragonWear™ to introduce new Power Dry® Dual Hazard long sleeve shirt in navy, tan and hi-vis orange in a women’s fit for the utilities, safety and petrochemical markets.
Read More
Today's News

NTSB reveals cause of New York gas leak that killed eight

June 17, 2015

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced that a natural gas explosion that destroyed two five-story buildings in the East Harlem section of New York City was caused both by a defective pipe joint that allowed gas to leak from a gas main into the building, and an earlier breach in a sewer line that caused the gas main to sag and overstress the defective joint.


Read More
trench

Underground utilities the focus of new safety campaign

February 17, 2015

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has launched an initiative aimed at making sure the underground utility industry follows best practices for excavation, in an effort to save lives and avoid property damage.


Read More
Subscribe For Free!
  • eMagazine Subscriptions
  • ISHN eNewsletter & Other eNews Alerts
  • Online Registration
  • Manage My Preferences
  • Subscription Customer Service

More Videos

Sponsored Content

Sponsored Content is a special paid section where industry companies provide high quality, objective, non-commercial content around topics of interest to the ISHN audience. All Sponsored Content is supplied by the advertising company. Interested in participating in our Sponsored Content section? Contact your local rep.

close
  • Toxic gasses
    Sponsored byThermo Fisher Scientific

    Overcoming challenges in trace analysis of toxic gases in the air around us

  • construction industry
    Sponsored byPetzl

    Petzl’s ASAP fall arrester provides crucial backup system with many benefits

  • Men’s Wrangler Retro® Flame Resistant Slim Straight Work Jean
    Sponsored byWrangler

    Fashion-forward workwear that works as hard as you do

Popular Stories

incident investigation

An introduction to investigating accidents in the workplace

trench

Facing charges in worker’s 2021 trench collapse death, contractor surrenders to police

BLS reports lowest fatal injuries

Man down: Should we stop work?

2/21 ISHN JJ Keller Webinar

Events

February 21, 2023

Written Safety Plans: Not Just a Paperwork Exercise

What's black and white and one of the first things an OSHA officer will look for during an inspection? The answer is … your written safety and health plans! 

March 23, 2023

This is 2023, Why Are People Still Dying in Confined Spaces?

Attendees of this webinar will gain a better understanding of why people still continue to die in confined spaces.

View All Submit An Event

Poll

Workplace bullying

Have you witnessed bullying in your workplace?
View Results Poll Archive

Products

Occupational Safety and Health: Fundamental Principles and Philosophies

Occupational Safety and Health: Fundamental Principles and Philosophies

See More Products

Arc Flash Protection

Get our new eMagazine delivered to your inbox every month.

Stay in the know on the latest safety trends.

SUBSCRIBE TODAY
  • Resources
    • List Rental
    • Safety A-Z
    • Custom Content & Marketing Services
    • Market Research
    • Web Exclusives
    • Privacy Policy
  • Want More
    • Connect
    • Subscribe
    • Survey And Sample
  • ADVERTISE WITH US
    • Advertise
  • Privacy
    • PRIVACY POLICY
    • TERMS & CONDITIONS
    • DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION
    • PRIVACY REQUEST
    • ACCESSIBILITY
    • UPDATE MY PREFERENCES

Copyright ©2023. All Rights Reserved BNP Media.

Design, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing