1. US-EU CONFERENCE 2015 September 18, 2015

2. Executive Committee Representatives Bill Koertner President & CEO 2 Jeff Thiede President & CEO bkoertner@myrgroup.com Founding Partnership Member jeff.thiede@mdu.com Executive Committee Chairman, 2015-2016

3. History of the Partnership Original signing August 20, 2004 Original signatory contractors Henkels & McCoy MDU Construction Services Group, Inc. MYR Group Pike Electric Quanta Services 3

4. History of the Partnership Original signatory associations Edison Electric Institute (EEI) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 4

5. Additional Members InfraSource, Inc. (Later acquired by Quanta Services) Asplundh/Utilicon MasTec PLH Group Michels Power Davis H. Elliot The current estimation is that the Partnership members cover 75% of the ET&D power line industry 5

6. The ETD Partnership Today 6

7. OSHA Partnership Renewal December 2013 - December 2018 7

8. Executive Team Vision Two year look-ahead Identify priorities and timely provide direction to Steering Committee Pragmatic, industry pervasive best practices Training & implementation Updates, continuing education Technology Expand influence by adding companies to partnership Continue to bring value to industry Improve results 8

9. General Partnership Goals Analyze accident and incident data and statistics Identify common cause factors related to: Fatalities Injuries and illnesses Develop recommended Best Practices for each identified cause. Develop Best Practice implementation strategies 9

10. General Partnership Goals (cont.) Identify training criteria for workers Supervisors Linemen Apprentices Includes training to promote industry cultural change placing value on safety and health Develop effective methods of implementation 10

11. How We’re Organized Task Team 1: Data Analysis David McPeak, Pike Electric Task Team 2: Training Ken Mahaney, Asplundh Task Team 3: Best Practices Kevin Watson, Pike Electric Task Team 4: Outreach & Communication Garrett Bush, Pike Electric 11

12. Hurdles to Forming and Maintaining the Partnership Setting aside differences to focus on industry safety: Competitive differences between contractors Union vs. non-union philosophical differences Concern that Partnership involvement could expose EEI utility members to taking some legal responsibility for the safety of contractor employees. Neither OSHA or contractors use Partnership information against other parties in enforcement actions. 12

13. Accomplishments Cultural improvement Consistent message Education Best practices Injury rate improvements 13

14. Partnership Best Practices Administrative controls Pre-use inspection of rubber protective equipment Job briefings Qualified observer Insulate & isolate safety performance check Cradle-to-cradle use of insulating rubber gloves & sleeves Lock-to-lock use of insulating rubber gloves & sleeves Rubber insulating PPE for the live line tool method on distribution lines Safety at heights 14

15. Injury Rate Results 15

16. Injury Rate Results 16

17. Injury Rate Results 17

18. Injury Rate Results 18

19. www.powerlinesafety.org 19

20. THANK YOU 20