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Utility Safety Podcast - Switchgear Safety & Breaking the "Tribal Knowledge" Habit with George Cole Part 1
In high-voltage environments, what you can’t see can kill you. While traditional open-air substations display their isolation points and energized components out in the open, enclosed switchgear conceals its dangers behind metal panels and doors. In this episode, we sit down with industry safety expert George T. Cole (CUSP, CESCP, CESW, CIT, SGE) to dissect why switchgear design creates unique, deadly hazards—from complex internal cross-connects to the explosive threat of an "Arc-in-a-Box".
George breaks down the crucial difference between OSHA’s often misunderstood term "deenergized" and…
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