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Lito Wilkins

Journeyman lineman and Marine. I help high-risk crews kill complacency and go home safe.

Field Safety

+6

We Heard the Thunder. We Got Off the Line. Then I Caught the Reason on Camera.

Jun 25, 2026

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5 min read

We Heard the Thunder. We Got Off the Line. Then I Caught the Reason on Camera.

The 30-minute rule isn't caution. It's the difference between a story you tell and a story they tell about you.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Field Safety

+9

When The Utility Shows Up, Just Put Your PPE On

Jun 18, 2026

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3 min read

When The Utility Shows Up, Just Put Your PPE On

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Daily Brief

+6

Daily Brief: Their Move Changed Your Conditions

Apr 29, 2026

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1 min read

Daily Brief: Their Move Changed Your Conditions

When another crew is working the same space, what they do changes what you need to see.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Safety Culture

+5

Daily Brief: You Saw It Change. Did You Say Anything?

Apr 28, 2026

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1 min read

Daily Brief: You Saw It Change. Did You Say Anything?

Seeing the shift is half the job. Naming it is the other half.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Daily Brief

+5

Daily Brief: What You're Building This Weekend

Apr 17, 2026

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1 min read

Daily Brief: What You're Building This Weekend

The work of being a leader who says "I don't know" happens in your head first.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Safety Culture

+5

The Supervisor Who Said "I Don't Know"

Apr 16, 2026

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4 min read

The Supervisor Who Said "I Don't Know"

How leader humility created the safest crew on the job

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Daily Brief

+4

Daily Brief: The Supervisor Who Said It Out Loud

Apr 16, 2026

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1 min read

Daily Brief: The Supervisor Who Said It Out Loud

He'd never run this procedure before. So he told his crew. Here's what happened.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Seasonal Safety

+4

Daily Brief: Spring Changes Everything

Apr 15, 2026

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2 min read

Daily Brief: Spring Changes Everything

New conditions demand new questions. The leader who asks them first keeps the crew safe.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Silence

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Daily Brief: The Cost of Pretending

Apr 14, 2026

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2 min read

Daily Brief: The Cost of Pretending

Every time a leader fakes certainty, the crew learns to do the same.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Field Safety

+5

Daily Brief: The Leader Who Didn't Know

Apr 13, 2026

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2 min read

Daily Brief: The Leader Who Didn't Know

The most dangerous words in leadership aren't "I don't know." They're "I've got this" when you don't.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Communication

+3

Daily Brief: One Sentence This Weekend

Apr 10, 2026

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2 min read

Daily Brief: One Sentence This Weekend

You don't need a speech. You need seven words.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Field Safety

+7

The Hardest Conversation Is the One That Saves a Life

Apr 9, 2026

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9 min read

The Hardest Conversation Is the One That Saves a Life

If you see it and don't say it, you're part of the problem.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Safety Culture

+6

Daily Brief: He Saw It. He Said Nothing. He Still Thinks About It.

Apr 9, 2026

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2 min read

Daily Brief: He Saw It. He Said Nothing. He Still Thinks About It.

Today's deep dive tells the story of silence that lasted years.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Daily Brief

+5

Daily Brief: The Weather Changes. So Should Your Willingness to Speak Up.

Apr 8, 2026

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2 min read

Daily Brief: The Weather Changes. So Should Your Willingness to Speak Up.

Spring conditions don't just test your gear. They test your crew.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Safety Culture

+7

Daily Brief: Why Good People Stay Quiet

Apr 7, 2026

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2 min read

Daily Brief: Why Good People Stay Quiet

It's not because they don't care. It's because the cost feels too high.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Safety Culture

+5

Daily Brief: The Hardest Conversation You'll Ever Have

Apr 6, 2026

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2 min read

Daily Brief: The Hardest Conversation You'll Ever Have

It's not the one that gets you in trouble. It's the one you never start.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Field Safety

+4

Daily Brief: Protect the Standard

Apr 3, 2026

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2 min read

Daily Brief: Protect the Standard

The schedule will always push. Your job is to hold the line.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Field Safety

+5

Five Seconds. That's All It Was.

Apr 2, 2026

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16 min read

Five Seconds. That's All It Was.

The outage window was closing. The journeyman skipped one test. Five seconds of verification would have changed everything.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Field Safety

+4

Daily Brief: Five Seconds. He Skipped Five Seconds.

Apr 2, 2026

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3 min read

Daily Brief: Five Seconds. He Skipped Five Seconds.

The outage window was closing. The journeyman skipped one test. It almost killed him.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Field Safety

+5

Daily Brief: March Weather Doesn't Wait for You

Apr 1, 2026

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2 min read

Daily Brief: March Weather Doesn't Wait for You

Unpredictable conditions plus pressure to beat the storm is how crews get caught.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Shortcuts

+4

Daily Brief: The Step That Gets Skipped First

Mar 31, 2026

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2 min read

Daily Brief: The Step That Gets Skipped First

When time gets tight, the safety step is always the one that disappears.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Field Safety

+5

Daily Brief: "We'll Make Up Time on This One"

Mar 30, 2026

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2 min read

Daily Brief: "We'll Make Up Time on This One"

Every time a crew rushes to make up time, something gets skipped. Speed is never worth the shortcut.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Safety Culture

+5

Daily Brief: Close the Loop

Mar 27, 2026

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2 min read

Daily Brief: Close the Loop

The follow-through is the job.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Safety Culture

+4

Inspections Don't Prevent Failures. Follow-Through Does.

Mar 27, 2026

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11 min read

Inspections Don't Prevent Failures. Follow-Through Does.

Your crew found the problem. Who fixed it?

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins

Daily Brief

+6

Daily Brief: A Harness Was Flagged. Two Weeks Later, It Failed.

Mar 26, 2026

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2 min read

Daily Brief: A Harness Was Flagged. Two Weeks Later, It Failed.

The inspection found it. The report documented it. Nobody fixed it.

Lito Wilkins
Lito Wilkins
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