Salisbury has been setting industry standards since 1855. For over 150 years, Salisbury Electrical Safety and its predecessors has been the name an entire industry trusts to provide the finest electrical safety products available. Back in the early 1900s, Salisbury was approached by a local utility in the Chicago area about general safety. The question raised was how to create a safer working environment for line workers working on energized lines. Salisbury worked with the local utility company by taking garden hose and cutting them lengthwise in a way that would cover the lines. These hoses were then secured by electrical tape and this led to the Salisbury patent of the line hose in 1924. Over the years, line hose has evolved into the high quality SALCOR® rubber product you have come to expect. Today, Salisbury products are the most preferred in the Personal Electrical- Safety Protection space.