A former University of Minnesota graduate student was hospitalized early Wednesday morning after being electrocuted and falling from a Dinkytown electrical utility pole. Steven McKinney, a 24-year-old ...

The victim reportedly purchased utility pole climbing gear from Ford in the past and had paid $70 for the gear as arranged in a previous agreement. He told police Ford wanted more money for the gear.

Think of it as the Olympics for lineworkers. This weekend, hundreds of tradespeople will gather in Kansas City for the International Lineman's Rodeo and Expo to rep their climbing, electrical and ...

We’ll alternate utility pole climbing and turbine demo’s, have coloring and craft stations, temporary tattoos and more!

High winds and storms are increasingly exceeding the engineered load capacities of utility poles, causing dangerous and costly power outages. With 2 to 4 million poles already being replaced annually, ...

High school girls from all over Virginia attended Girl Power Camp, hosted by the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of ...

We’ve all seen the lines of utility trucks on our highways ... “Most of the time, the guys are on their hooks climbing poles in the backyards. They’re very hard to access due to fences ...

"It’s not originating from the guys digging ditches and climbing utility poles,” he added. “You need big, robust systems because all of these things are interrelated, the safety and ...

The reality of that was evident during a recent visit to its sprawling flagship campus in Waco, where students were creating robots, repairing hybrid cars, welding pipelines, baking fancy cakes, ...

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Prices are climbing but overall are still cheaper ... He blames the blaze on infrastructure failures, and believes the utility poles were buried too shallow to withstand the storm’s wind.