THANK YOU TO ALL LOCAL 15 LINEMAN!
WE APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL THAT YOU DO
April 18th, 2024
Lineman Appreciation Day is observed on April 18th every year. This day honors the hard work that women and men put in to keep the power on. These people work around the clock to provide light to family households and any other premises. Line workers are truly dedicated since they have to climb up to hundreds of feet above the ground with precarious harnesses. They also handle live wires that, if improperly handled, can easily lead to them losing their lives in massive jolts of electricity while simultaneously blacking out entire sections of the city. National Lineman Appreciation Day honors those men and women who put their lives at risk to keep the power running through our communities.
HISTORY OF LINEMEN APPRECIATION DAY
Benjamin Franklin is said to be the discoverer of electricity in the 1700s with his famous kite experiment, in which he flew a kite with a metal key tied to it during a thunderstorm. In the late 19th century, electricity was first introduced into people’s homes. It was in London that the world’s first electric streetlights were set up in 1878.
The truth is that line workers have existed for as long as electricity has been a standard part of modern living. It is impossible to have power lines carrying electricity to our homes and businesses without them. They keep the lights on and the furnaces going.
Line workers often do their jobs in the most dangerous of conditions and have to face the worst weather conditions. However, bad weather is not the only danger in their career. The most dangerous task they must do every day is handling wires that pulse thousands of amps of current. These are the people in charge of restoring power, setting up emergency systems to carry us through, and putting life back in order when things get tough. In the U.S., there are 115,000-line workers, which puts more into perspective the fact that 67,000 of them responded to Superstorm Sandy.
Source: nationaltoday.com