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  • September

    Using a mechanical lift, one employee transported the victim from the spillway floor to the top of the wing wall. While the victim was in transit, employees on the spillway floor made their way to the top of the wing wall to assist in transporting the victim from the lift.

    Safety drills prepare crews for “what if”

    Crews performing a repair contract at Big Bend Dam recently held an exercise to practice safely rescuing a worker who has become incapacitated in their work area. Contractor J.F. Brennan is repairing the spillway gates at Big Bend Dam near Chamberlain, S.D. During the exercise, a mannequin, playing the part of an incapacitated worker who was overcome by paint fumes, needed to be rescued from an area 25 feet above the spillway concrete and 50 feet from the nearest mechanical lift. Once the team extracted the mannequin from the work area, they faced the additional challenge of moving it out of the spillway over the 20-foot-high wing wall using the lift and providing first aid while getting medical attention in a remote location.

  • Water Festival at Summersville Lake

    Safety was the focus of the fourth annual Summersville Water Festival held on Sept. 18, 2014. The festivals are for students in Nicholas and Fayette Counties and are coordinated by the Department of Environmental Protection.
  • The Arlington National Cemetery Welcome Center, built in 1988, is undergoing renovations to upgrade the public restrooms and consolidate the staff for better collaboration and organizational efficiency. (U.S. Army photo)

    Cemetery’s Welcome Center renovations set to start later this month

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, awarded Polu Kai Services, LLC -- a native Hawaiian owned, small disadvantaged business, service-disabled veteran owned business -- with a $4.3 million contract on August 25 to make upgrades to the facility, including its basement space visitor bathrooms, and the electrical, water and fire protection systems.

  • A Change for Castle Comments

    The Huntington District newsletter Castle Comments has gone through some drastic changes over the years, but perhaps none more so that the one it faces after the issue you’re now holding. That’s because the regular print edition is being replaced by an electronic edition - with one exception. There will be a special year-in-review edition of the newsletter that will still be printed the traditional way and distributed to our mailing list.
  • Team members gather at a safety demonstration station.

    Safety at Summersville

    The Kanawha Area Offi ce (KAO) Safety Meeting was held at Summersville Lake on Sept. 17, 2014. Burnsville Lake team members designed and assembled the demonstration stations.