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FEATURE

WELL, IT’S

PERSONAL!

BY NED JOHNS

Frankly, haven’t we seen enough time, even though that is true for me. the health and welfare of people across
this country and throughout the world.
I won’t go through the details of my
statistics, watched enough videos, personal life event because, honestly, we
and taken enough classes to support have online access to plenty of well- I believe that having an ESP with well-
the value of implementing a genuine written articles and well-documented developed ESWP shows that we honor
and respect each other, and that we
examples about people who have survived
and effective Electrical Safety or those who have died and of the lives sincerely value the lives and the safety of
Plan (ESP) with Electrical Safety- and businesses that have been impacted the electricians who are doing the work
related Work Practices (ESWP)? by avoidable electrical industry incidents. that is so vital to our daily lives.

Right now, you might be thinking… We work in a very honorable trade. One However, I still see far too many
Here we go again, another story about which many people can’t do or are afraid electricians and electrical contractors
electrical safety and someone’s life being to do (rightfully so). Electricians do so that are casual or complacent about
transformed by their personal experience much more that simply “keeping the lights the everyday electrical hazards they
surviving a near fatal incident. NO, not this on,” the work we do really is essential to encounter, and, though many have

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