Aerial lifts in Minnesota
Aerial lifts create value for electric utility and telecommunications providers in Minnesota
Aerial lifts are very important to Minnesota’s homes and businesses. This is because aerial lifts support the consistent and reliable flow of electric power and data through overhead networks of cable that span the state. Vehicle-mounted aerial lifts, which are also known as bucket trucks, can be seen along the streets and avenues of Minnesota, providing service power lines and telecommunications cable. Forestry and municipal applications are very common for aerial lifts. Minnesota has an important forestry industry, which uses aerial lifts to accomplish its timber and land management goals. Municipalities and highway departments use aerial lifts to maintain roadway lighting, traffic signals and street signage.
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Electric Power and Utility Industry in Minnesota
Aerial lifts are tools commonly employed by the electric utility industry. There are three basic kinds of electric utility provider in Minnesota. Investor-owned Utilities are for-profit companies who serve denser markets, Municipal Utilities are publicly owned providers that typically serve the densest urban environments, and Rural Electric Cooperatives, which are member-owned, and serve the least dense populations. Each type of electric utility provider uses insulated aerial lifts to ensure the safety of their technicians while they ensure the consistent quality of the electricity.
Below is a short list of utility providers in the state of Minnesota
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative
- Dairyland Power Coop
- East River Electric Power Coop
- Great River Energy
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Telecommunications Construction & Maintenance in Minnesota
Aerial lifts that are built to support telecommunications and able television networks in Minnesota stay busy, managing customer requests and working on overhead data lines. Versalift van-mounted aerial lifts deliver the lightest weight vehicles with the greatest payload in their peer group, while providing a 29’ working height to ensure that technicians can reach their work.
Below is a short list of Minnesota telecommunications providers
- Birch
- Comcast
- Frontier Communications
- Charter
- Midcontinent Communications
- Windstream
- TDS Telecom
- Matrix
- Integra Telecom
- Mediacom
- Consolidated Communications
- Comtech21
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Aerial Lifts and their applications for Forestry in Minnesota
Aerial lifts that are built to support forestry efforts in Minnesota must be reliably durable, because they perform tough work in rugged conditions. Forestry aerial lifts in Minnesota support 17 million acres of forested land, much of which is harvested for paper, pulp, furniture and construction materials. With 30,000 people employed directly through forest industries, the Minnesota forest products industry generates more than $8 billion annually.
Forestry bucket trucks are available to fleets that work in logging, forest management and other heavy duty applications at https://versalift.com/bucket-truck/industries/forestry-tree-care/
Aerial lifts for Bridge Inspection in Minnesota
Aerial lifts for bridge inspection are very important to public safety in Minnesota. The state itself has nearly 13,000 bridges, and each one of them must be reported upon every two years to the Federal Department of Transportation. The large and ongoing project of bridge inspection is commonly performed by bridge inspection engineers and contractors who are licensed to perform bridge inspection in Minnesota.
Learn more about North America’s leader in bridge inspection equipment at https://aspenaerials.com.
Minnesota General Information
With a population of five and a half million people, Minnesota is home to the verdant Red River Valley and shares a rugged border with Canada to the north. The largest city in Minnesota is Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the Twin Cities. Officially, Saint Paul is the state’s capital city, but the two cities share a brotherly love and proximity. The CSA, or Combined Statistical Area, of the Twin Cities is 3.7 million people. Minneapolis is home to several major sports franchises and is the birthplace of entertainment legend Prince. Saint Paul is the state’s capital, and home to Fortune 500 Company 3M. Tourist attractions in Minnesota include the North Shore Scenic Drive, International Wolf Center and the Cathedral of Saint Paul. Minnesota has many beautiful forested state parks including Chippewa National Forest and Superior National Forest, Voyageurs National Park.
Notes on Aerial Lift Safety from the United States Department of Labor
Minnesota Aerial Lift Safety
Minnesota Aerial Lift Safety is highly visible due to population density and the number of roads in the state. All safety codes are strictly enforced throughout the state, and are written to be in alignment with the United States Department of Labor’s OSHA regulations on Aerial Lift Safety.
You can find the OSHA Aerial lift factsheet here.