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Business Case for Implementing Battery-Powered Tools for Direct-Bury Line Workers at an Electric Power Utility

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Pages D86-D91 | Published online: 27 Jul 2010
 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This study was financially supported by EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute). The authors are grateful to EPRI for its technical support and leadership for the occupational health and safety of electric power industry workers. The authors acknowledge and thank the numerous manufacturers who supplied the utility's ergonomics teams with tools for their evaluation. The authors are also grateful to We Energies, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Local 2150 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW); and Amy Stone for their support.

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A Cross-trained crews do both direct-bury line work and overhead work.

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