Welcome to Raines Utility Safety Solutions, LLC! (RUSS).

Danny Raines, C.U.S.P.,and RUSS can serve any Safety training and OSHA or FMSCR Compliance training need for any industry including electric utility company, contractor, municipal, customer owned electrical system or co-operative.

RUSS has more than 43 years of service and experience in the electrical utility business providing Safety and Compliance training.

An OSHA Authorized trainer provides all 29 CFR 1910 General Industry and 1926 Construction compliance training.

NFPA 70 E and NESC Trainer for electrical industry and Sub part "S" maintenance electricians.

Provide Supervisor Developmental classes.

Professional Witness for the Electric Utility Industry.

City of Lakeland, Florida safety audit is well under way and should be completed and ready for findings and presentations in Septmenber. A full week of interviews and crew visits will be performed the week of August 2nd-6th.

Danny will present a full two, two day T&D General Industry Classes for Sawnee Electrical Co-Op in August assisting Sawnee to maintain thier accredited status with NRECA.

RUSS provides 29 CFR 1910.269 training for several electric utility companies and contractors around the country including NSTAR in Boston week of June 7th. Other recent presentations have been for Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland for Dominion Co Operative Association in Glen Allen, Va. annual compliance and Accident Investigation training, PowerSecure International, and East Bay Electric in Mobile Al.

May 2nd - 6th, Danny presented Safety Leadership Training to employees in City of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada and a local electric co-operative near Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Raines Utility Safety Solutions presented at the spring meetings of the Inter Utility Overhead Training Association in Los Angles, Ca. hosted by Los Angles Department of Water and Power and the Incident Prevention Hands-On Work Shop in Denver Co.

Danny is currently committee member for the Certified Utility Safety Professional program Incident Prevention magazine. The first of the CUSP preparatory classes were offered in Denver, Co at the Spring Incident Prevention Hands on Work Shop, May 11th, 12th and 13th. Next Prep classes and tests will be in Madison, Ws. Honolulu, and Hi., Kansas in the next few months. Visit the USOLN web page, http://www.usoln.org/
for further details and training locations.

Look for new articles written and published in the Incident Prevention magazine on Underground Distribution Operations in the June-July issue and Equipotential Grounding in the Septmeber issue. Articles written by Danny and will make a great safety meeting topic for your employees.

Lastly, Danny is providing OSHA General Industry 10 hour, NFPA 70 E, OSHA Records Keeping 29 CFR 1904 and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations training classes for Griffin and Thomaston Southern Cresent Vocational Technical Colleges in Georgia.

What We Do

RUSS offers free online and phone consultations to assess your needs, develop an action plan and identify needed training to improve your Safety Record. Training will reduce your OSHA Incident and Severity rates.

All training provided is NFPA 70 E, NESC, OSHA and DOT authorized and approved. We can provide the OSHA 29 CFR 1910 General Industry, 29 CFR 1926 Construction and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations required Compliance and skills training to your employees to assure safer work environment, reduce risk and be in total compliance with all Federal and State Regulations.

All Trainers are OSHA authorized General Industry 501 and Construction 500 trainers.

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