Micah Thompson keeps people on the truck and out of the hospital. As Director of Loss Control and Training for the Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, he is responsible for safety across eighteen co-ops that keep the lights on for nearly two million people. Four years ago he was climbing poles. Now he builds a safety culture that survives a storm season.

He sits down with Dr. Kevin Rindal for the inner game of safety: why the hardest part of the job is the human in front of you, not the rule book. Loss control, lineman mental health, and what it takes to do this work for twenty more years.

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