Maximo Fuentes
Areas of Expertise: Electrical Injury & Damage
35 years working in the T&D electric power industry from consulting, training, developing procedures, to litigation expertise, to providing tools, safety equipment and materials to the industry.
Served 31 years in the transmission and distribution electric power industry as a certified IBEW lineman, line foreman, retiring in 2015 as a Grid Assets Line Supervisor
18 years teaching and training high voltage electric power lineworkers in construction of overhead transmission and distribution power lines, as well as construction of underground distribution power lines
Expert at applying OSHA 1910.269, 1910.146 standards, CAL-OSHA Title 8, and General Orders 95, 128, 165, 166, 174, and the NESC
Master at developing, writing, and implementing skills training for powerline workers for low to high-voltage industry practices, work methods and guidelines
Experience in developing and writing Hazard and Wildfire Mitigation Plans, for utilities and working as an independent third-party reviewer of plans
Development and delivery of leadership and professionalism workshops for utilities and the IBEW
Creation and maintenance of line work and safety procedures
Experience staffing line crews, fault locators, and heavy equipment operators