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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Managing Risk in Powerline Work | |
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| An Introduction to Risk Management | |
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| Managing Risk in the Working Environment | |
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| Managing Personal Safety Risks | |
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| Working with Poles, Towers, and Vaults | |
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| Working at Heights | |
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| Working with Poles | |
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| Working in Vaults and Chambers | |
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| Some Line Construction Tidbits | |
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| Working with Conductors and Cable | |
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| Specific Hazards Working with Conductors | |
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| Stringing Procedures | |
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| Making Connections | |
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| Specific Hazards Working with Underground Cable | |
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| Typical Tasks Involving Underground Cable | |
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| Operating Switchgear | |
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| Identifying Switching Hazards | |
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| Operating Isolating Switchgear | |
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| Operating Protective Switchgear | |
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| Promoting the Operation of Circuit Protection | |
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| Connecting and Troubleshooting Transformers | |
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| Checking out a Transformer | |
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| Specific Hazards Working with Transformers | |
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| Single-Phase Transformer Connections | |
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| Three-Phase Transformer Connections | |
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| Troubleshooting Transformers | |
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| Working on a Voltage Conversion | |
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| Maintaining Good Voltage to the Customer | |
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| Troubleshooting Voltage Problems | |
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| Operating Voltage Regulators | |
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| Operating Capacitors | |
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| Recognizing a Tingle Voltage Complaint | |
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| Finding the Cause of Flickering Lights | |
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| Investigating a Radio and Television Interference (TVI) Complaint | |
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| Rigging in Powerline Work | |
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| Using Rigging Hardware | |
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| Lifting a Load | |
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| Working with Tensioned Conductors | |
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| Working with Aerial Devices and Digger Derricks | |
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| Checking out the Truck | |
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| Monitoring a Hydraulic System | |
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| Stabilizing a Boom-Equipped Truck | |
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| Electrical Protection Working with Non-Insulated Booms | |
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| Electrical Protection Working with Insulated Booms | |
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| Operating a Digger Derrick | |
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| Operating an Aerial Device | |
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| Installing Protective Grounds | |
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| Reasons to Install Protective Grounds | |
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| Applying the Grounding Principle to Control Current | |
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| Applying the Bonding Principle to Control Voltage | |
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| Controlling Induced Voltage and Current from Electromagnetic Induction | |
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| Specific Grounding Hazards | |
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| Specific Details for Protective Grounding of Underground Cable | |
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| Working It Hot | |
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| Safety Strategy for Live Line Work | |
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| Working on Live Secondary | |
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| Rubber Glove Work | |
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| Live Line Tool Work | |
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| Barehand Work | |
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| Working with Revenue Metering | |
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| Single-Phase Revenue Metering | |
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| Three-Phase Revenue Metering | |
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| Transformer-Rated Revenue Metering | |
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| Specific Hazards Installing and Removing Meters | |
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| Maintaining Streetlights | |
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| Supplying Power to Streetlights | |
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| Streetlight Hazards | |
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| Troubleshooting Streetlights | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Glossary | |