Equipotential Grounding at AEP
Equipotential Grounding at AEP America’s line workers respond to outages every day. The recent snow and ice storms left customers in the dark for several days. Do you remember the hurricanes of 2005? They destroyed entire electrical systems along the Gulf coast. While working “at home,” line workers have a consistent environment of personnel, safety […]
Bridging Communication Gaps
As a safety professional, it’s your responsibility to protect your firm’s human capital. As a safety professional, it’s your responsibility to protect your firm’s human capital. The gaps continue to grow. Yes, GAPS, plural—as in two. The “generational gap” is one, in which, as a safety professional you have a personal responsibility. The “organizational gap” […]
Dreams Can Become Reality: SDG&E Flex Center
Just as classroom training helps people acquire necessary knowledge, SDG&E’s FLEX Center prepares them for the physical aspects of their jobs. ‘The thing that clicked for me was the similarity of training professional football players while in training camp. The professional, whether on the gridiron or on a pole, needs the same focus on development. […]
Tips for Improving Incident Investigation Interviews- Part 2: Contact Time
Tips for Improving Incident Investigation Interviews, Part 2: Contact Time Assuming you have adequately prepared for conducting incident investigation interviews (see “The Art of Interviewing, Part 1: Preparation” in the January/ February 2007 issue of Incident Prevention), a primary objective for live interviews is to help interviewees reveal the deeper reasons why the incident occurred. […]