Electrical Safety Talks

Episode 16: She Invented a Life Saving Rescue Device and Did Not Want a Dime for Doing It

John Welch and Steve Quiett

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Renee Graves joins Steve Quiett to talk about the Escape Strap, a contact release device she developed that requires no metal, no dielectric testing, and no searching for a Shepherd's hook that disappeared years ago. We cover how the idea was born in the late 1980s, how a home sewing machine built the first prototype during COVID, and why the product is now manufactured by Oberon Corporation and available to fit over any arc flash suit on the market.