RGJ.com recently posted an article featuring one of our very own instructors and his experience with Reno International Airport’s history of hijackings. Check out the article here.
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Instructors and Hijackers
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Increased Citations by OSHA
November 10th, 2011ISHN reported this week that OSHA has had a 200% increase in willful violation citations. The full report, click here to view, details how OSHA is stepping up inspections and is coming down harder on violations. Don’t let yours be counted among the increasing number of companies being cited and charged for violations–get your employees [...]
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ATV Safety Begins With Proper Training
February 18th, 2011Our own Todd Horning was recently featured in Incident Prevention magazine with an article he wrote on ATV Safety Training. Here is the full text of the article. For a PDF of the original, click here. To see the article on IP’s website, click here. All-terrain vehicles, also known as ATVs, have a long-standing reputation [...]
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Snow Cat Tie Down Tips
December 14th, 2010We recently had a customer ask us about best practices for tying down snowcats to trailers. Our president/CEO, Art Seely, responded and we’ve posted that response below. Snowcat safety isn’t just about operating the snowcat, it’s about transporting it too! Although different States have different internal regulations (i.e. California requires immediate forfeiture of truck, trailer [...]
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NATE Conference
February 25th, 2011The NATE show in Oklahoma City just finished up and we’re proud that our very own Steve Fleming was one of the key speakers. RCR Wireless summarized his address quite well in their article here.
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New Course Offerings & Scheduled Classes
March 30th, 2011In addition to Standard and Advanced Tower Climbing, Safety & Rescue training, we’re now expanding our course offerings to 1st Responder Training, Train the Trainer, Rigging & Hoisting, and Confined Space training! Check our our training pages to see details for each class. We also have scheduled quite a number of classes over the next [...]
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Press Release from Petzl Recalling Shock-Absorbing Lanyards
July 20th, 2011A Press Release from Petzl America Inc: Petzl America Inc. of Clearfield, Utah, has voluntarily recalled about 375,000 Scorpio and Absorbica shock-absorbing lanyards that have been sold since 2002, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced July 12, 2011. Some of the lanyards are missing a safety stitch on the attachment loop, which could cause [...]
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Repairing gunshot damaged power line while it is energized
September 2nd, 2011Installation of a splice (Full Tension Armored) on a 115kv line. This gunshot transmission line was repaired barehanded with the line still energized at 115,000 volts. The guys up in the air work on the line with the bucket jumpered/energized at the same voltage as the line so no EHV gloves or static suits are [...]
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Tower Climber Death
October 21st, 2011In Massachusetts, a worker climbing a 1000′ TV tower fell to his death. Specific circumstances of the tragedy are still under investigation, but occurrences like these underscore the necessity for good training that leads to safe tower climbing. Click Here to see the story as reported by NECN.com
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Local Avalanche Fatality Underscores Need for Proper Training
December 8th, 2010Last Sunday (12/5/10), two snowmobilers accidentally triggered, and were caught by, an avalanche in Clear Creek County. The avalanche warning at the time was considered moderate and underscores the need for proper avalanche awareness training as a part of safe snowmobile riding techniques. The truth is, avalanche conditions can vary widely from slope to slop [...]
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