When it comes to safety and using power equipment around utility lines, we don't just reinforce this message over and over and over with our own associates. We also make sure our partners and their crew members are aware of best safety practices as well. So we offer safety training and presentations to utilities, highway departments, arborists, and anyone who has to...
Posted: 8/29/2018 1:00:00 PM by Townsend Corporation

Driving a truck is a lot different from driving a car. Your truck is bigger and heavier, which means it's slower off the start and it takes longer to slow down or stop. It maneuvers like a cow, so you can't make the quick, sharp motions you could in a car. That means you have to respond to potential accidents a lot differently from the way you might when you'...
Posted: 8/22/2018 1:00:00 PM by Townsend Corporation

Winter is not the only time you can slip or fall while you're working. You can slip on wet leaves, wet grass, or even a ladder or truck step. And that's just slipping. You can trip, take a misstep, or even have an unstable surface move under you, and you can take a terrible fall. Approximately 1,200 workers in the United States die each year as a result of a...
Posted: 8/15/2018 1:00:00 PM by Townsend Corporation