This episode for our ICYMI series for the Line Life Podcast highlights the life-and-death importance of safety oversight for lineworkers, sharing injury and fatality statistics and explaining how active field oversight reduces risk.

This audio story is narrated from an article from the February 2026 issue of T&D World in our field-focused Electric Utility Operations section.

In the story, Kirk Coffee, director of client solutions at ATK Energy Group, shares how utilities can implement independent oversight programs to provide an extra layer of protection for their field workforce. To read the full story online, visit the T&D World website. 

If you have a story you'd like to share with us for publication in T&D World magazine, please email Amy Fischbach, Head of Content for T&D World and host of the Line Life Podcast.

We look forward to hearing from you and sharing your stories with our readers and subscribers in our magazine and as part of our ICYMI series for the Line Life Podcast.