David Taylor

• Primarily Electric and Water Safety
• Site visits
• Incident Investigation
• Root Cause Analysis
• Corrective Actions
• On-Boarding New Employees
• On-Boarding Crews on Hurricane Assist Programs
• Safety Audits
• Facilities Inspections
• Safety Audits
• Instructor led classes:

LO/TO

Switching/Tagging Procedures

Confined Space Rescue

Pole Top Hurtman Recue

Bucket Rescue

Air Monitor/SKA PAK

Defensive driving

Smith Driving Course

Post Vehicle Accident Coaching

ARC Flash

PPE

New Employee Orientation

• Remodeling Homes at various locations - August 2018 – September 2019
• Missions Texas RV Park - Ran a boat tour for park on Rio Grande January 5, 2020 – March 15, 2020
• Manager at Tropical Trails RV Park July 2020 – October 2020
• Manager at Fiddlers Green RV and Horse Ranch October 2020 – March 2022

• Supervised 8 KUB Crews – Both overhead and Underground
• Supervised 8 Contract Crews - Both overhead and Underground
• Supervised 12 Troublemen
• Served as Safety Coordinator for Department
• Lead all department safety meetings, training programs, and investigating all incidents within my department until my retirement.
• Created an in-depth job specific Safety Checklist and Progressive Guideline. Currently in use by KUB Field Operation crews by various other KUB Departments. (no need to add everything included in the checklist)
• Assisted in training/setting up pole yard for apprentice training purposes based on apprentice level at that time
• Climbing observations
• Wiring transformer banks, cover up, isolation from other conductors.
• Climbing high line poles/ hot board work/ cover up using hot stick, hot horn, grounding.
• Tower work using hook ladder and same procedures and cover up
• Parking cable, tagging cable, grounding cable, proper PPE, Network system, riser pole framing, awareness of loop fed cables, duck bill procedures, terminating cable, Lock Out/Tag Out
• Introduced “cones” policy on parked vehicles, which significantly reduced the number of backing incidents we had
• Introduced FR Clothing and Rubber Sleeve Requirements
• Tenure: 2000 - 2018

• Supervised 6 KUB Crews (both Overhead and Underground)
• Supervised 4 Contract Crews
• Supervised 12 Troublemen (first responders)
• Facilitated Monthly Safety Meetings for ~170 Journeyman.
• Served as Safety Coordinator for Department
• Facilitated a variety of training programs, including Defensive Driving, backing course, Pulling and backing pole trailers w/poles loaded, Distracted driving (mainly focusing on Cell Phones), Securing loads, How to read load charts and distance in which to safety load and set various equipment, CPR, First Aid, Defibrillator, Bucket Rescue, Use of double safety belts, Proper cover-up, Testing PPE, Proper grounding of de-energized lines/cables
• Investigated all vehicle, employee, or potential KUB/customer incidents until retirement.
• Trained on any new hardware to be used by crews
• Tenure: 2000 - 2018

• Supervised 4 KUB Crews
• Supervised 4 Contract Crews
• Tenure: 2000 - 2018

• Tenure: 2000 - 2018

• Tenure: 2000 - 2018

• Worked on de-energized and energized 69kV lines
• Tenure: 1995 - 2000

• Worked on 13kV line
• Tenure: 1995 - 2000

• Began Working on 3 Phase 13kV Re-Conductor Crew
• Worked on Re-Conductor Crew for 6 Yrs
• Extensive Hot work on 3 Phase Lines
• Tenure: 1979 - 1995

• Began Working on 3 Phase 13kV Re-Conductor Crew
• Worked on Re-Conductor Crew for 6 Yrs
• Extensive Hot work on 3 Phase Lines
• Tenure: 1979 - 1995

• Worked Open Wire Secondaries/Transformer Banks
• Continued Hot Work on Secondaries
• Tenure: 1979 - 1995

• Extensive climbing
• Cross Trained in Meter Dept
• Tenure: 1979 - 1995

• Tenure: 1979 - 1995

• Tenure: 1979 - 1995