Alfonso Lira, 61, has worked for more than a decade at the Santa Ana gastropub Chapter One. As the restaurant's utility worker he does it all, from making empanadas to bussing tables. (Wally Skalij / ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A senate bill aimed to increase criminal penalties for assault and harassment against utility employees cleared the House of Representatives this week. Senate Bill 482 was ...

Utility companies are turning to drones, AI, and visual tech to protect workers and reduce risks in one of the nation's most dangerous industries. Worker safety has always been a top concern for ...

Sen. Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) authored Senate Bill 482, which would increase the penalty for assaulting a utility worker to a third-degree felony and make harassing a utility worker a Class A ...

A Louisiana utility worker was struck by an 18-wheeler and left dangling over the road as he was repairing a stoplight over a busy intersection while his co-worker rushed to save him from a serious ...

New Castle firefighters rescued a utility worker stuck in a trench Monday morning.

BELLA VISTA, Ark — A utility worker struck by a vehicle while on the job in Northwest Arkansas has died days after the Nov. 7 incident, according to the Bella Vista Police Department (BVPD). The crash ...

In the back kitchen of Chapter One, a neighborhood gastropub in downtown Santa Ana, the restaurant's chief busser and utility worker, Alfonso Lira, is in constant motion. He takes out the trash. He ...