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No need for YouTube. Head to this Eversource website to watch video demonstrations.
What is ETV?
What's that smell? This odorant is added to natural gas.
What is mercaptan?
Bird on a wire. Employees can work on this many phases (potentials) at a time.
What is one?
If you did an observation with a supervisor this year, this is likely what the HECA you were doing
What is High Energy Controls Assessment?
They lead the way and set the tone. We have this many safety directors to call our own.
What is two (2)?
"Harsh break detected" is an alert you might get from this vehicle telematics safety system.
What is Samsara?
Get out the measuring stick. Ladders must extend this far out of a trench.
What is three feet?
Glove up! This is the exception for when rubber gloves can be turned inside out.
What is for inspection?
Before excavating in Connecticut, dialing 811 for CBYD is your best bet
What is Call Before You Dig?
It's a tie! Both T&D and gas currently have this many Rules to Live By
What is eight (8)?
Hazard ahead! These are the three categories that Hazard ID submissions can fall into.
What are STCKY, safety, and system conditions?
Cellular phones, smart watches, and static electricity are all examples of this.
What is an ignition source?
This is defined as “a human action that will trigger immediate, irreversible, intolerable harm to a person or asset if said action or proceeding actions are not performed properly”.
What is a critical step?
This CAT might not meow - but it does beep
What is Cable Avoidance Tool?
High energy ahead! The SCL model has this many icons.
What is fourteen (14)?
Red light! On an active job in eBrief, red means no tabs saved. On a submitted/shared job, red means this.
What is no quality check complete?
Because it can cause unconsciousness or death by suffocation by displacing oxygen, natural gas is considered this.
What is an asphyxiant?
Grounds must be installed and removed with these types of tools.
What are live line tools?
High Energy Preventable Motor Vehicle Accident
While we don't like that the number is this high - in 2025 we've had this many internal SIF-As and SIF-Ps combined
What is twenty (20)?
High five! These are the 5 levels in the Hierarchy of Controls
What are elimination, substitution, engineering, administrative, and PPE?
Using a spray eliminator or pouring/spraying leak detection solution on an exposed polyethylene piping helps to eliminate this hazard.
What is static electricity hazard?
Before deenergizing, regulators need to have the tap charger in this position.
What is neutral?
Not alpha, not beta - but SCADA
What is Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition?
Cheers to this many years that Eddy Welch was with the company before he retired.
What is fifty-nine (59)?