US utility contractor association names new safety programmes director

NUCA is a 60-year-old utility contractor trade organisation with more than 2,000 members across 30 chapters in the US.

NUCA CEO Doug Carlson said of DeNeale, “Ed’s extensive background in industry safety programmes will allow NUCA to take our existing safety and training programmes and expand them for our membership.

“Ed has the industry experience, leadership, and conviction needed to maintain our industry’s extremely high standards for safety.”

According to NUCA, DeNeale has worked in project management for 20 years “with zero lost time incidents.” He’s been director of safety at W.A. Chester – a provider an installer of high-voltage cable and wired transmission products – for the last two years.

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NUCA added that, prior to his work for W.A. Chester, [DeNeale] worked from 2015 to 2022 as the safety program manager, Amazon AWS critical projects engineer, AWS regional safety manager, and director of safety for RB Hinkle Construction in Sterling, Virginia. Between 2009 and 2015, he worked for The Matthews Group in Purcellville, Virginia, as the director of corporate safety.

DeNeale obtained higher education in fire service training at the University of Maryland and an AAS (Associate of Applied Science) in Occupational Health and Safety from San Juan Community College in San Juan, New Mexico.

Ed DeNeale

“He has extensive certification in project management, OSHA 30-Hour construction safety awareness, OSHA 500, OSHA 502, and OSHA 510 construction outreach training, USACE EM-385-1-1 construction safety hazard awareness training, OSHA construction supervisor training, CHST certification, and American Red Cross instructor credentials,” added NUCA.

“He also was a founding member and served as the vice-chairman of the National Safety Council Young Professional’s Division.”

DeNeale will take over the NUCA safety and education department from Mike Flowers, who left the role earlier this year.