Incident Prevention Magazine

Incident Prevention Magazine Incident Prevention magazine, written by industry experts, provides utility safety and ops.

Incident Prevention is on a mission to be a major player in the reduction of job related accidents within utilities and telecommunications. The publication, our iP Safety Conferences and our site are dedicated to providing utility safety and operations professionals the resources to build safety programs and implement processes that lead to reduced work-related incidents.

🚨 Don't miss the Keynote Breakfast as we kick off the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo!Join David Pantiliano and Elai...
10/28/2025

🚨 Don't miss the Keynote Breakfast as we kick off the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo!

Join David Pantiliano and Elaine Bellew from PSEG as they dive into 'Empowering a Culture of Safety – Inside PSE&G's Safety 2.0 Initiative.' This session is a must for anyone looking to embed Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) principles and reshape their organization's safety mindset. Learn best practices for preventing serious injuries and driving cultural change in the utility industry!

Sponsored by: Buckingham Manufacturing

🚨 Speaker Highlight: Maximo Fuentes with Fuentes Consulting, LLC will be at the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo!📅 Re...
10/16/2025

🚨 Speaker Highlight: Maximo Fuentes with Fuentes Consulting, LLC will be at the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo!

📅 Register today! → https://lnkd.in/es3D-Nk
🎯 Check out the Pre-Conference Workshops - https://lnkd.in/gJARhHnP
đź”– See the Full Agenda - https://lnkd.in/dbwGzKa

Join us October 28th - 30th, 2025, in Glendale, AZ

His session is titled "Beyond Compliance: The Truth About Safety in the Workplace".

Max Fuentes started his career in 1984 with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. He currently provides consulting, training, developing procedures, litigation expertise, and Wildfire Mitigation consulting for the Transmission and Distribution Utility industry.

Every day, workers are injured or worse despite mountains of safety rules, policies, and training. In Beyond compliance, veteran utility professional and safety consultant Maximo Fuentes uncovers the uncomfortable gap between what’s written and what’s real when it comes to protecting workers on the job.

Drawing from over four decades in high-risk electric utility work, Fuentes offers a blunt, practical, and eye-opening look at how safety programs fail—and what can be done to transform them into something that actually saves lives.

Whether you’re a frontline worker, a safety manager, or an executive, this book delivers the clarity, insight, and tools needed to build a safety culture grounded in truth—not assumptions.

Learning Objectives:

•Identify the most common (and dangerous) safety myths
•Understand the real-world risks that rules alone can’t solve
•Empower workers to speak up without fear
•Shift from compliance-based thinking to safety leadership
•Create a workplace where safety is not just a priority—but a value

🚨 Speaker Highlight: Daniel Greer with Eclipse DOT will be at the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo!📅 Register today! ...
10/15/2025

🚨 Speaker Highlight: Daniel Greer with Eclipse DOT will be at the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo!

📅 Register today! → https://lnkd.in/es3D-Nk
🎯 Check out the Pre-Conference Workshops - https://lnkd.in/gJARhHnP
đź”– See the Full Agenda - https://lnkd.in/dbwGzKa

Join us October 28th - 30th, 2025, in Glendale, AZ

His session is titled "7 Successful Ingredients to Successful Driving".

This session unpacks what most companies overlook in DOT compliance, CMV classification, and driver training. Those gaps aren’t just paperwork problems. They’re costing real money and creating real risk.

Dan Greer lays out seven key ingredients every operation needs to run safely and stay out of trouble. From building an in-house ELDT program to tightening up your audit readiness, this talk gives you tools that work in the real world.

You’ll leave with strategies to reduce violations, improve safety, protect your people, and grow without losing sleep over DOT chaos.Learning ObjectivesUnderstand the seven foundational elements of DOT compliance that directly impact safety, audits, and day-to-day operations.

Identify key strategies for building an in-house ELDT training program that saves money, boosts safety, and improves retention.

Recognize common compliance blind spots in driver files, vehicle maintenance, and drug testing programs, and learn how to fix them before they turn into fines.

I’m Dan Greer, founder of Eclipse DOT, and I help companies that use trucks fix broken systems, lead better, and stay compliant without losing their minds in the process.

I’ve been in the trenches driving trucks, running safety programs, managing crews, and leading operations across multiple industries. I started as an EMT and fire captain in high school, worked my way through Coca-Cola and feed mills, and ended up leading compliance for one of the largest non-union contractors in the U.S. before launching Eclipse DOT.

Now, I work with some of the biggest contractors and municipalities across the country, helping them build strong safety cultures, pass audits with confidence, and create real leadership from the middle out.

I’m also an AAMVA-certified CDL tester, voting member of the CVSA, host of the Forged with Dan Greer podcast, and author of the upcoming book What If Your Team Didn’t Need Permission to Lead?

At the end of the day, I’m just a guy who believes in leading with purpose, showing up with grit, and building teams that don’t wait for permission to do the right thing.

🚨 Speaker Highlight: Brent Jeffries VP Field Operations, Safety Instructor⚡️ with ⚡️Bierer Meters ⚡️ will be at the iP U...
10/14/2025

🚨 Speaker Highlight: Brent Jeffries VP Field Operations, Safety Instructor⚡️ with ⚡️Bierer Meters ⚡️ will be at the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo!

📅 Register today! → https://lnkd.in/es3D-Nk
🎯 Check out the Pre-Conference Workshops - https://lnkd.in/gJARhHnP
đź”– See the Full Agenda - https://lnkd.in/dbwGzKa

Join us October 28th - 30th, 2025, in Glendale, AZ

His session is titled "Energy Wheel Reinvented".

Learning Objectives:

• Collaborate as a group regarding the 10 Elements of fostering a Line Team Culture
• How to Outline and Structure a Line Team Culture
• Together we discuss solutions and what that looks like

Married 38 years to my best friend, with 3 beautiful children.

Vice President Field Operations, Safety Instructor, Founder of ECOS, and Energy Wheel Reinvented, now 11 years with Bierer Meters.

Traveling all around America for 9 years, training our no cost Lineworker Safety Tool Competence Workshop to 1,000's and 1,000's of Linemen. Facilitator of Electric Culture of Safety, a grassroots nationwide safety partnership, of folks and companies giving back to our most excellent trade, fostering Line Team.

Safety Presentations shared with Statewide Associations, Contractor and IOU Annual Safety Conferences, NECA, and NRECA Safety Conferences, Incident Prevention, and IOUTA Safety Conferences.

🚨 Speaker Highlight: David Paoletta, MS, CSP, CUSP, CESCP with BSI Group, Inc. will be at the iP Utility Safety Conferen...
10/13/2025

🚨 Speaker Highlight: David Paoletta, MS, CSP, CUSP, CESCP with BSI Group, Inc. will be at the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo!

📅 Register today! → https://lnkd.in/es3D-Nk
🎯 Check out the Pre-Conference Workshops - https://lnkd.in/gJARhHnP
đź”– See the Full Agenda - https://lnkd.in/dbwGzKa
Join us October 28th - 30th, 2025, in Glendale, AZ

His session is titled "Incident Investigations - The Learning Team Approach".

The aim of this one-hour session is to provide an overview of how incident investigation has evolved from an exercise in “blaming, shaming and retraining” workers involved in incidents to a process for leveraging employee knowledge to turn incidents and near misses into valuable learning opportunities. Research shows that companies who utilize Human Performance Improvement (HPI) principles in the design of their post incident analysis programs reduce incident likelihood and severity. The presentation features examples of Best Management Practices from companies in various industries who adopted the “learning team” approach to incident analysis and discusses successful techniques for planning and implementing the Learning Teams at your company. The topic is geared towards attendees with advanced incident causal analysis and safety management experience or program oversight responsibility.

David is a Certified Safety Professional, Certified Utility Safety Professional and Certified Electrical Safety Compliance Professional with significant experience in electrical safety program development, safety consulting and training.

Mr. Paoletta has extensive electrical utility field safety experience with PG&E in California and PNM Resources in New Mexico; including electric distribution, substation and power plant operations. David served as a staff Safety Engineer at Sandia National Laboratory in Livermore, California and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Electrical Safety, Pressure Safety and Construction Safety programs. He currently works for BSI Group, an international standard and HSE consulting organization as Safety Manager for Consulting Services in the US.

🚨 Speaker Highlight: Keith Pancake, CUSP, ASP with Osmose Utility Services will be at the iP Utility Safety Conference &...
10/10/2025

🚨 Speaker Highlight: Keith Pancake, CUSP, ASP with Osmose Utility Services will be at the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo!

📅 Register today! → https://lnkd.in/es3D-Nk
🎯 Check out the Pre-Conference Workshops - https://lnkd.in/gJARhHnP
đź”– See the Full Agenda - https://lnkd.in/dbwGzKa

Join us October 28th - 30th, 2025, in Glendale, AZ
Earn CUSP Points for attending each session!

His session is titled "Shape Shift: Building a Better Pyramid The Life Changing Journey After My SIF".

Keith Pancake is a seasoned safety consultant with over a decade of experience in the utility industry. He holds certifications as a CUSP, ASP, and Certified Safety Manager and has previously been a certified arborist/utility specialist and NSC Defensive Driving Instructor . In 2018, he was honored with the Utility Arborist Association’s Will Nutter Silver Shield award. Keith survived a SIF and has committed his career to sharing his story to advance SIF prevention.

🚨 Speaker Highlight: Doyle Totty CLCP, CUSP with Dickson Electric System will be at the iP Utility Safety Conference & E...
10/09/2025

🚨 Speaker Highlight: Doyle Totty CLCP, CUSP with Dickson Electric System will be at the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo!

📅 Register today! → https://lnkd.in/es3D-Nk
🎯 Check out the Pre-Conference Workshops - https://lnkd.in/gJARhHnP
đź”– See the Full Agenda - https://lnkd.in/dbwGzKa

Join us October 28th - 30th, 2025, in Glendale, AZ
Earn CUSP Points for attending each session!

His session is titled "Leadership, Safety Culture and Family".

A program that brings awareness to building a value driven culture, the leadership required and knowledge it takes to make it happen. And....most important, going home to family at the end of the day.

Learning ObjectivesLeadership tips. Understanding culture. Sharing knowledge that has been given to me by my mentors.

🚨 Speaker Highlight: George Cole (CESCP, CUSP, CESW, CIT, SGE) with e-Hazard.com will be at the iP Utility Safety Confer...
10/08/2025

🚨 Speaker Highlight: George Cole (CESCP, CUSP, CESW, CIT, SGE) with e-Hazard.com will be at the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo!

📅 Register today! → https://lnkd.in/dbwGzKa
🎯 Check out the Pre-Conference Workshops - https://lnkd.in/gJARhHnP
đź”– See the Full Agenda - https://lnkd.in/dbwGzKa

His session will be "Avoid Contact - The Minimum Approach Distance Without a Distance".

Join us October 28th - 30th, 2025, in Glendale, AZ
Earn CUSP Points for attending each session!

For decades, two nationally recognized documents related to safe electrical design and installation of electrical equipment and safe electrical work practices for employees have essentially been overlooked and under appreciated by many electric utilities.

Under the “Not Covered” scope of article 90 of both the National Electrical Code (NEC), also known as National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70 and NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, we find both state “This code/standard does not cover installation/safety-related work practices for the following: Are on property owned or leased by the electric utility for the purpose of communications, metering, generation, control, transformation, transmission or distribution of electric energy.”

This presentation will correct this long-established misunderstanding that the NEC and 70E provides no or very little safety value to electric generation plants and transmission and distribution (T&D) substations because they are technically not applicable to them.

Learning Objectives:
1. Increase electrical safety for electric utility workers.
2. Dispel the myth that NFPA 70 and 70E provides no additional safety value to electric utilities.
3. Encourage electric utility safety managers to adopt applicable parts of NFPA 70 and 70E into their electrical safety programs.
4. Demonstrate the same electric shock and arc flash hazards exists within electric utility systems that exists with large non-utility industrial plants.

🚨 Speaker Highlight: Curtis Bradley, Jr., BS, CUSP with Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC will be at the iP Utility Safety Confe...
10/07/2025

🚨 Speaker Highlight: Curtis Bradley, Jr., BS, CUSP with Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC will be at the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo!

📅 Register today! → https://lnkd.in/dbwGzKa
🎯 Check out the Pre-Conference Workshops - https://lnkd.in/gJARhHnP
đź”– See the Full Agenda - https://lnkd.in/dbwGzKa

His session will be "Welcome to Linework".

Join us October 28th - 30th, 2025, in Glendale, AZ
Earn CUSP Points for attending each session!

Welcome to Linework” is a guide that aims to equip newly hired apprentices with the tools for success. We want all apprentice lineworkers to approach their work with focus, eagerness, and excitement. But above all, we emphasize the importance of safety. Your safety should be your top priority every day you arrive at work. This means understanding the significance of pride, discipline, and perseverance. The work of keeping the lights on is not only rewarding but also inherently dangerous, and you must understand and respect this.

Learning Objectives:
1. To emphasize that the role of an apprentice lineworker is a distinct phase of training.
2. To focus on the professional behaviors and skills needed to succeed as an apprentice.
3. To instill a deep and unwavering commitment to safety that goes beyond following the rules.

Curtis Bradley, a native of Pachuta, Mississippi, embodies the American Dream. Raised by a resilient mother who instilled the values of hard work and perseverance, he learned early on the importance of dedication and giving his all. After marrying his high school sweetheart and starting a family, Curtis faced uncertainty with no clear career path. However, a fateful encounter with an inspiring instructor ignited a passion within him, revealing a talent he never knew he possessed.

Driven by a desire to provide for his family, Curtis enrolled in a trade program at the local community college, where he diligently acquired valuable skills that would not only transform his income but also his life. Over the past 20 years, he has dedicated himself to the powerline industry, progressing from entry-level positions to executive roles, and transitioning from a student to an esteemed instructor.

Curtis has achieved remarkable success throughout his career. However, his greatest accomplishment lies in his unwavering commitment to helping others. He founded the "Want Plus Work Foundation," a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting individuals seeking to pursue trade careers and improve their lives. He is also a self-published author who has written such books as "Welcome to Linework," "I Am Lineman," and "Selected to Lead." Curtis's story is a testament to the power of hard work, perseverance, and the profound impact of mentorship. He continues to inspire others to embrace the trades and build fulfilling careers.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our for their unwavering support of the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo. Your...
10/06/2025

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our for their unwavering support of the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo. Your commitment plays a pivotal role in advancing utility safety and fostering innovation within our industry.

Register Today - https://utilitysafetyconference.com/register/

Your dedication not only enhances the quality of our conference but also contributes significantly to the safety and well-being of utility professionals nationwide. We look forward to continuing our partnership and driving excellence in utility safety together in Glendale, AZ!

Special Thanks to Our Sponsors:

- Altec Inc.
- American FR & Safety
- Andax Industries
- Bierer Meters
- Buckingham Manufacturing
- Geotab
- Hastings Fiber Glass Products, Inc.
- Jelco
- Milwaukee Tool
- Neilsen Technical Clothing
- Tallman Equipment Co. Inc.
- Youngstown Gloves

🚨 Speaker Highlight: Dr. Kevin Rindal, DC with Vimocity will be at the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo!📅 Register to...
10/03/2025

🚨 Speaker Highlight: Dr. Kevin Rindal, DC with Vimocity will be at the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo!

📅 Register today! → https://lnkd.in/dbwGzKa
🎯 Check out the Pre-Conference Workshops - https://lnkd.in/gJARhHnP
đź”– See the Full Agenda - https://lnkd.in/dbwGzKa

His session will be "Strengthening Worker Safety and Resilience Through Movement Health: An Interactive Session".

Join us October 28th - 30th, 2025, in Glendale, AZ
Earn CUSP Points for attending each session!

Sprains and strains -- among the most common and costly industrial workforce injuries -- significantly impact quality of life both on and off the job. These injuries can be especially challenging to avoid due to their wide-ranging contributory factors.

In this interactive presentation, we will explore innovative strategies to prevent sprains and strains, with the goal of reducing worker injuries and building a more resilient workforce. Attendees will be guided through various movement health techniques while learning how utility crews can actively optimize the techniques for long-term well-being and job performance.

Learning Objectives:

1: Participants will learn the three key drivers of sprain and strain injuries and best practices for preventing them before they occur.

2: Participants will learn about the impact that pain has on productivity and hazard recognition and be able to convey these impacts to operational leaders.

3: Participants will learn how injury prevention can be integrated into the company infrastructure so that it is both relevant to the individual and sustainable for the organization.

Dr. Kevin Rindal is an experienced leader in human performance with a strong passion for helping people achieve their full potential.

His extensive background in movement science includes working with the US Olympic Swim Team as a member of the medical staff and treating thousands of patients in his sports medicine clinic.

As CEO and co-founder of Vimocity, Dr. Rindal has spent the past decade advancing human performance and safety in the utility sector, impacting over 50,000 workers with programs for workforce readiness.

Address

360 Memorial Drive
Crystal Lake, IL
60014

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

(815) 459-1796

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Incident Prevention Magazine posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Incident Prevention Magazine:

Shortcuts

Share