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Compared to old methods for transformer replacement – which required workers to climb the pole and use a pulley to manually lift the transformer – using a jib is safer, easier and more productive. Read More Opinion: Looking to the Future During an Unprecedented Time As I sit and write this article, I’m also gazing into my crystal ball, so to speak. I realize that life as we knew it just a few short months ago has changed. COVID-19 has made its way around the world and we are now working during an unprecedented time. Read More View Digital Edition Click to View Current Issue SUBSCRIBE NOW iP CONFERENCE EDUCATION Welcome to Incident Prevention ™ Magazine Incident Prevention contains utility safety and operations articles written by industry experts specifically for utilities, contractors and communication providers. The iP audience has grown to rely on our valuable information. Readers appreciate the concise format as Incident Prevention is an "all content - no fluff" publication. 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Click Here for Resources Featured Articles Safety Management Safe Transportation of Leaking Transformers “Back in the day, we put leaking pots in a trash bag, and we were good to go!”For hundreds of Incident Prevention readers, that remark isn’t totally unheard of. And in reality, it’s not far off from what some do when leaking transformers are transpor... Read More The Hierarchy of Incidents and Learning: Part II The contractor’s executive team sat across the table from the client’s construction leadership. It was the client’s director who spoke first.“Let’s ensure everyone is on the same page,” he said. “Over the past six months, you’ve had numerous quality,... Read More The Hierarchy of Incidents and Learning: Part I You just want to do the job right and go home unharmed today, but things don’t always go as planned, incidents happen, and the lessons your team learns don’t always change the way you’ll do the job tomorrow. This can leave you feeling frustrated and ... Read More View all More iP Articles Leadership Development Lessons Learned from the Tenerife Airport Disaster On March 27, 1977, two 747 passenger jets crashed on a runway on the Spanish island of Tenerife, killing 583 people. It remains one of the worst disasters in aviation history.Human performance has evolved as a valuable incident prevention strategy in... Read More Human Error and Organizational Resilience From 1980 through 2010, safety performance emphasis was on accident prevention through the application of controls. We learned about the hierarchy of controls (elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls and personal prot... Read More Collaborating for Safety One of the most vital responsibilities a utility fleet has to its customers – which typically include operators, field management and corporate management – is to provide vehicles and equipment that meet operational and corporate objectives. Those ob... Read More View all More iP Articles Worksite Safety I’ve Got Your Back: Lessons in Socio-Biomimicry Creating a safety mindset and a culture of caring can be facilitated using the process of socio-biomimicry. Simply put, biomimicry is a way to solve engineering and other problems by looking to nature. The term was popularized in 1997 by Janine M. Be... Read More Safety Success During an Insulating Boom Flashover Salt River Project, or SRP, is a power utility located and operated in the greater Phoenix area. Created as part of the federal Reclamation Act of 1902, it was originally established to help secure a reliable water source to the desert valley. Today,... Read More Best Practices for Using Your Aerial Device Jib to Handle Transformers When it comes to lifting transformers, aerial devices equipped with jibs are one of the handiest tools available to lineworkers. 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