R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-35-2: Badges of telegraph and telephone workers.

No person shall labor upon the work of erecting or repairing any telegraph or telephone line belonging to any telegraph or telephone company without having conspicuously attached to his or her dress a medal or badge, on which shall be legibly inscribed the name of the owners by whom he or she is employed, and a number by which he or she can be readily identified.