New Additions & Content Changes to the APPA Safety Manual 15th Edition 2012

The newly revised APPA Safety Manual has more than 69 changes in content, along with 22 new parts or sections in the 15^th edition. NEPPA has developed a safety program on all the new content changes, new parts and sections. This was done for your utility's convenience so that the NEPPA trainers can instruct all employees of all the new changes, work procedures and safety aspects of the manual. The new additions developed for the manual by the APPA Safety Manual Revision Task Force and the APPA Safety Committee were: Wireless Electronic Devices, Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), Bucket/Aerial Rescue, Lockout/Tagout, Hearing Conservation and Substations.

The content changes include: General Rules, Housekeeping, Welding and Cutting, CPR and First Aid, Job Briefings, Poletop Rescue, Health and Environmental Control, Confined or Enclosed Spaces, Fall Protection, Hours of Service, Security, Chemical and Physical Hazard Control, Compressed Gases, Noise, PCBs, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Eye and Face Protection, Head Protection, Wearing Apparel, Care and Use of Rubber Gloves, Electric Utility Operations, Vehicle Operations, Cranes, Derricks, Hoisting Equipment, Tools and Equipment, Straight Ladders, Overhead Distribution and Transmission, Working On or Near Exposed Energized Lines and Equipment, Live-Line Tools, Working On Capacitors, Grounding, Setting and Removing Poles, Metering, Tree Trimming, Underground Lines and Equipment, Working on Energized Cables and Equipment, Excavations, Moving Energized Cables, Communications Facilities and Radio Frequency Radiation. This is a large program with much classroom participation. Call the NEPPA office to schedule this important updated Safety Manual review meeting for your utility employees. You can also at the same time order the new 15^th edition Safety Manuals for your utility.