2015 Lineman's Rodeo Addresses Safety First

Oct. 15, 2015
In days leading up the 2015 International Lineman's Rodeo competition, linemen met to address safety first

In days leading up the 2015 International Lineman's Rodeo competition, linemen met to address safety first. The Safety & Training Conference opened Wednesday, Oct. 14, with Tony Crow, a motivational speaker and founder of INJAM (It's Not Just About Me) non-profit corporation. 

Other topics at the conference included rubber cover-up, human performance, public safety, flame-retardant clothing changes and 1910.269 OSHA Interpretation. 

Following are images from this year's safety conference.

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Amy Fischbach | Amy Fischbach, EUO Contributing Editor

Amy Fischbach is the Field Editor for T&D World magazine and manages the Electric Utility Operations section. She is the host of the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates the grit, courage and inspirational teamwork of the line trade.  She also works on the annual Lineworker Supplement and the Vegetation Management Supplement as well as the Lineman Life and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletters. Amy also covers events such as the Trees & Utilities conference and the International Lineman's Rodeo. She is the past president of the ASBPE Educational Foundation and ASBPE and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University. She can be reached at [email protected]

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Nikki has 28 years of experience as an award-winning business-to-business editor, with 23 years of it covering the electric utility industry. She started out as an editorial intern with T&D World while finishing her degree, then joined Mobile Radio Technology and RF Design magazines. She returned to T&D World as an online editor in 2002 and now leads the content for EnergyTech, Microgrid Knowledge and T&D World media brands and supports Endeavor’s energy events, Microgrid Knowledge and T&D World Live. She has contributed to several publications over the past 25 years, including Waste Age, Wireless Review, Power Electronics Technology, and Arkansas Times. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.S. in journalism from the University of Kansas.

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