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How Real Incidents Actually Take Shape

Most serious line incidents do not begin with a dramatic failure or an obvious violation of rules. They begin quietly, through a sequence of small decisions made under ordinary pressure. A grip adjusted instead of reset. A stance accepted instead of corrected. A task continued rather than paused. None of these choices feel unsafe in the moment. In fact, they often feel efficient, reasonable, and consistent with experience. Yet when work is performed at height, these small decisions compound quickly, narrowing margins that cannot be recovered once something goes wrong.

Understanding how those decisions...

When working in close proximity to exposed energized equipment or working on live electrical circuits, it’s necessary to protect not only the equipment being worked on but also the worker. Rubber insulating gloves and insulated hand tools are vital components of a successful PPE system and should be used in conjunction with each other to provide the maximum protection for the worker.
It’s common to perform a task on de-energized equipment which is locked out and tagged out while still being within the shock boundary and in close proximity to other live equipment. In this case, a worker could accidentally...