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

Patricia A. Seeley Ergonomics Solutions, LLC, Wales, Wisconsin

Richard W. Marklin Department of Mechanical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Debra Usher Department of Mechanical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Janice Yager Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California

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