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 General Industry and Construction business including electric utility companies, contractors, municipal and customer owned utility electrical system or co-operatives.

RUSS has more than 44 years of service and experience in construction and electrical utility business providing OSHA required and skills Safety and Compliance training.

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

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

Provide Supervisor Developmental classes.

Professional Witness for the Electric Utility Industry.

Happy New Year to all wishing that 2012 will be your best and safest year of all. Thank you to all the customers in 2011.

The 29 CFR 1910.269 Class at Georgia Tech was extremely interesting. We had 22 in attendance with one OSHA Compliance Officer to review. The next 29 CFR 1910.269 Class will be April 5th, 2012 at GTRI in Atlanta.

NFPA 70 E class has been revised to reflect the 2012 version and is now being presented at Active Minerals in Gordon, Ga. and also on curriculum at Southern n Crescent Technical College.

Progressive Insurance, Cleveland Ohio has requested a total of 6 sessions of Electrical Safety, Arc Flash Awareness and NFPA 70 E in Cleveland and Colorado Springs, Colorado for maintenance staff and supervisors

Danny will lead review class for the CUSP exam for USOLN in Berlin Connecticut February 22-23. 2012

Southern Area Instructors Association for Southern electric Co-Ops June 5th.
Danny will present Safety Keynote leadership “Who are Your Safety Leaders” in Orange Beach for Southern Area Instructors Association for Southern electric Co-Ops June 5th.

Danny is currently committee member for the Certified Utility Safety Professional program Incident Prevention magazine. Next Prep classes and tests are listed on the USOLN web page, http://www.usoln.org/ for further details.
Look for new articles written and published in the Incident Prevention magazine on Professional Development in the September issue. Articles written by Danny and will make a great safety meeting topic for your employees.

What We Do

How does your company manage data storage for Driver Qualifications and OSHA Training Records? Hard copy files are very difficult to manage and there is no way to "run a report". RUSS now offers data storage and management for all your compliance requirements. Has ability to run individual employee reports and reports by section or groups. Easy access, personalized to your company, A home page that will immediately show status of all compliance, electronic data backup for security and easy entry and access. Receive notifications prior to expiration for any document required for DOT or OSHA safety and compliance training records. Web based application and secure back up off site. Call for details.

RUSS offers free online and phone consultations to assess your company's 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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