You can't plan for a site you haven't looked at. And you can't rescue someone from a location nobody thought to describe.

Today’s Focus: Before the work starts, walk the site. Not to check boxes. To see what's actually there. Ground conditions, access points, overhead hazards, terrain. What changed overnight. What's different from the last time you were here.

No two sites are the same, even if the job is identical. And if something goes wrong, the conditions you didn't bother to check are the same ones that slow down a rescue. The site doesn't adjust to your plan. Your plan adjusts to the site.

Walk it before the work starts today. Name out loud one thing that's different from what you expected. Then ask: if something goes wrong here, can someone find us and get to us?

The site is always talking. The question is whether you're listening.

Forward this to a foreman or crew lead who needs it today.

— Lito Wilkins