Pencil sketch on lined notebook paper showing two utility lineworkers in hard hats and work boots standing beside a Ford service truck, one holding the other accountable by checking his gear before the job, with utility poles and a pad-mount transformer in the background. Illustrates peer-to-peer safety accountability in the field.

You've seen it. The shortcut. The skipped step. The guy who didn't clip in. The moment that felt wrong but nobody said a word.

Peer accountability isn't about being the safety police. It's about caring enough to say something before something happens.

Most people think speaking up is risky. But silence is riskier. Silence lets the problem grow. Silence lets bad habits settle in. Silence is what's there right before every "I wish I'd said something" story you've ever heard.

This week, we're talking about peer accountability. The kind that doesn't come from a policy. The kind that comes from looking at the person next to you and deciding their life is worth an uncomfortable conversation.

Before your first task today, ask yourself: Is there something I've seen and not said? If the answer is yes, today's the day.

— Lito Wilkins