ECC POLICY
All vehicle incidents must be reported within this timeframe.
What is Immediately?
N.E.S.C. is an acronym for this.
National Electrical Safety Code
This person was the first employee ever hired by ECC outside of the Ervin family
Who is Clarence (Speedy) Smith?
Z87.1 is the minimum ANSI standard for this type of PPE
What are safety glasses?
As of 2025, this state leads the U.S. in FTTH penetration by population. Meaning more people are signed up for fiber optic services than any other type of ISP.
What is Vermont?
Supervisors are expected to perform and document these weekly to ensure crew compliance.
What are JSO's?
Communication lines must maintain this minimum clearance above railroad tracks.
What is 27 feet?
ECC's first office was originally located in this town in Illinois
What is Shawneetown?
This acronym stands for the method of identifying and controlling job site hazards.
What is JTSA (Job Task Safety Analysis)?
This common fiber tool uses light reflection to test signal loss indicating issues a specific point rather than entire spans
What is an OTDR?
To ensure transparency, all ECC timecards are reviewed and approved by this individual before submission.
Who is the employee's Manager?
To prevent corrosion, telecom bonding connections must be made with this type of clamp.
What is a Split Bolt or Weaver?
As of 2025, ECC crews complete approximately this many fiber drops per week across all markets. Round to the nearest thousand.
What is 7,000?
All crews must carry a fully stocked kit for treating minor injuries, commonly referred to as this.
What is a first aid kit?
Some fiber providers are now offering business circuits that will be capable of deliver speeds measured in this bandwidth unit
This ECC system tracks, time, tasks and production for all production related employees
What is RTASQ?
Rule 239H in the NESC standards prohibits the overlap of communication cables and this
What is the clearance zone or power space?
ECC was founded in this year in the 1900's
What is 1980?
Flaggers must be in possession of this at all times while flagging or fines and penalties may be issued.
What is a Stop/Slow sign. Flagging or directing traffic without it is an OSHA violation
What is loose tube fiber?
To be eligible for per diem, employees must meet these two distance requirements.
What is more than 60 miles and staying the night in a Hotel?
Section 35 of the NESC provides guidance for this type of work
What is Directional Drilling?
This person held the title of President before Brad Ervin
Who is James Dunham?
Hearing protection is required when noise exceeds this decibel level.
What is 85 dB?
This fiber type indicates that 12 or 24 fibers are grouped together in a specific order or pattern.
What is ribbon fiber.