60 http://www.prwebpodcast.com A Top 30 Stream of Midwest ENERGY Association Press Releases (in MP3 format) via PRWeb podEditor@emediawire.com (PRWeb) podMaster@emediawire.com Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:24:49 -0700 Midwest ENERGY Association http://www.prweb.com/prwebrss.gif 130 49 http://prwebpodcast.com Copyright PRWeb International, Inc. en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss A Top 30 Stream of Midwest ENERGY Association Press Releases (in MP3 format) via PRWeb A Top 30 Stream of Midwest ENERGY Association Press Releases (in MP3 format) via PRWeb podEditor@emediawire.com PR Web PRWeb no http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb564295.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb564295.htm Millions of people dig, trench, and excavate, often unaware of the hazards posed by underground utility lines or cave-ins. diggingsafely.com provides free online training in order to prevent the resulting injuries and fatalities. [PRWeb Oct 31, 2007] http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb564295.htm Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:24:17 -0700 podcrew@extrahoop.com diggingsafely.com." The training is free and available to anyone with access to the Internet. "Road, sewer, water, cable, telephone, fencing, swimming pool, basement, landscape, and irrigation contractors are all excavating. Any one of them, or even a homeowner, could create a safety hazard if they do not call before they dig and if they do not know how to safely work around buried utility lines," continued Van Beek. diggingsafely.com is a tool for contractors, public officials, and homeowners to learn about: Excavation safety -- who & when to call before digging, hazards and safe practices when working around buried power and gas lines. Abnormal operating conditions. Preventing accidental ignition if a gas line is damaged. Characteristics and hazards of natural gas. Working in enclosed and confined spaces. Hazardous emergency response. Other features and benefits of the site: Records course use -- help for Pipeline and Utility DOT Integrity Management Compliance including the proposed Distribution Integrity Management Program (DIMP). Supports State One Call System efforts and excavation safety programs of pipelines and utilities. MEA will contact state one-call offices nationwide offering to create links so that anyone wanting training can access the diggingsafely.com site. One-call systems will be able to track use of diggingsafely.com in their state. "Midwest Energy Association is now a national OQ solutions provider dispensing training and qualification materials to over 800 associate entities," DOT Report to Congress, December 2006. "Diggingsafely.com expands our commitment to worker safety and damage prevention by offering excavators outside our industry the benefit of our quality training. For over 10 years, we have provided pipelines and utilities with DOT compliance materials. We mined our extensive 200 plus course library to find courses that any excavator or homeowner can use to keep themselves safe and cause less damage to underground utility systems," offered Larry Murray, MEA's OQ Team Leader. "We offer the industry a complete system of Comprehensive Energy Records and Compliance (CERC) tools through energyu.org and our other... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb564295.htm]]> Larry Murray Free Excavation Safety Training at Diggingsafely.com diggingsafely.com." The training is free and available to anyone with access to the Internet. "Road, sewer, water, cable, telephone, fencing, swimming pool, basement, landscape, and irrigation contractors are all excavating. Any one of them, or even a homeowner, could create a safety hazard if they do not call before they dig and if they do not know how to safely work around buried utility lines," continued Van Beek. diggingsafely.com is a tool for contractors, public officials, and homeowners to learn about: Excavation safety -- who & when to call before digging, hazards and safe practices when working around buried power and gas lines. Abnormal operating conditions. Preventing accidental ignition if a gas line is damaged. Characteristics and hazards of natural gas. Working in enclosed and confined spaces. Hazardous emergency response. Other features and benefits of the site: Records course use -- help for Pipeline and Utility DOT Integrity Management Compliance including the proposed Distribution Integrity Management Program (DIMP). Supports State One Call System efforts and excavation safety programs of pipelines and utilities. MEA will contact state one-call offices nationwide offering to create links so that anyone wanting training can access the diggingsafely.com site. One-call systems will be able to track use of diggingsafely.com in their state. "Midwest Energy Association is now a national OQ solutions provider dispensing training and qualification materials to over 800 associate entities," DOT Report to Congress, December 2006. "Diggingsafely.com expands our commitment to worker safety and damage prevention by offering excavators outside our industry the benefit of our quality training. For over 10 years, we have provided pipelines and utilities with DOT compliance materials. We mined our extensive 200 plus course library to find courses that any excavator or homeowner can use to keep themselves safe and cause less damage to underground utility systems," offered Larry Murray, MEA's OQ Team Leader. "We offer the industry a complete system of Comprehensive Energy Records and Compliance (CERC) tools through energyu.org and our other... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb564295.htm]]> 00:15:00 no