Max Fuentes is a recognized expert in the transmission and distribution electric utility industry. He has expertise in the construction, maintenance, inspection, operations, and requirements of electric utility systems from low to the high voltage systems.
He is well versed in the application of Federal and State OSHA, NESC, ASTM, ANSI, and IEEE interpretations, applications, and code requirements for the industry.
Fuentes Consulting provides research, and specialized expertise as it pertains to the work methods and industry practices as it relates to the powerline workers in the field. Mr. Fuentes provides investigations, research, and an ability to communicate complex ideas, and work methods in an easy-to-understand way that is very favorable to lawyers at depositions and particularly at trial when communicating to the judge and jury.
Mr. Fuentes provides in-depth analysis, excellent writing skills, along with an ability develop diagrams that are detailed and high-quality renderings of accidents, construction standards, and other related materials to enhance his testimony and written reports.
Areas of Expertise
- Electrical Contact and electrocutions
- Personal Protective Grounding
- FED -OSHA 1910.269
- STATE – OSHA
- Title 8 California Electrical Safety Orders
- CPUC (California Public Utilities Commission) General Orders 95, 128, 165, 174, and 166
- Accidents involving Transmission and Distribution Electric Utility Systems
- Insurance matters as it relates to the T&D industry
- Qualified Electrical Workers – Lineworkers, troubleshooters, substation, network, and other skilled craftsmen in the industry.
Lineworker skills:
- Pole climbing: Ascending/ descending wood and steel structures and working aloft.
- Hurtman rescue – Pole top, aerial lift and vault.
- Steel poles and lattice towers.
Steel and Wood Poles:
- Setting/Removing with powered equipment and manually. In de-energized and with energized lines in proximity
Equipment operations:
- Digger Derrick
- Aerial Lifts/bucket trucks
High and low voltage safe work methods and procedures:
- Personal Protective Grounding for worker protection.
- Hot Sticks and Rubber Gloves
- Underground installing, terminating, fabricating elbows, and splicing.
Product Liability – Mr. Fuentes has worked on several cases that involved lineworkers being injured from faulty equipment, particularly fall protection.
