Case Study: Pacific Gas & Electric improves utility pole reliability with Davey Surgery Co.

Pacific Gas & Electric inspects up to 100,000 poles a year with Davey

Davey Surgery Co. helps Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) ensure service reliability. The utility's challenge extends beyond vegetation management to include the condition of its equipment, specifically requiring annual inspections of up to 100,000 utility poles to prevent outages.

The solution involved Davey performing consistent annual ground inspections since 1994. Crews visually and physically assess poles, treat them, and report data daily. Davey completed the work with an OSHA Total Recordable Incident Rate of 0.0 in 2020, enabling PG&E to proactively fix issues and reduce outage risks for customers.

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