Wheatland Safety and Compliance Gives Power Line Safety demo to students

Right: Lineman Jesse Harbrige helps demonstrate how electricity travels through conductive materials. (Photo by Kiersten Dirks, Wheatland Electric)
Right: Lineman Jesse Harbrige helps demonstrate how electricity travels through conductive materials. (Photo by Kiersten Dirks, Wheatland Electric)

Adapted from Lori Maxwell's Super News, Oct 18, 2023

Quinten Wheeler, Manager of Safety and Compliance at Wheatland Cooperative, Inc., was in Leoti, on Monday, October 16. He spent the day teaching the WCES and WCJSHS classes about safety around power lines.

The presentation explains the differences between conductors and insulators and replicates situations an individual may encounter in their ever…