Human Performance Tools
Human performance tools don’t eliminate mistakes. They prevent mistakes from becoming events. Add enough layers between an error and a misoperation, and you change the outcome. That’s what every item in this customizable catalog is designed to do.
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Nearly Half of Power System Events Come Down to Human Error
46% of power system events are attributed to human and organizational performance failures according to NERC’s Event Analysis Program. Not equipment failure. Not design flaws. People—and how they prepare, manage, and execute the work.
These aren’t inexperienced crews. They’re skilled, trained professionals operating in environments where a missed IN SERVICE indicator or a misidentified panel can take down an entire substation.
The work is that unforgiving.
Human performance tools don’t eliminate mistakes. They prevent mistakes from becoming events. Add enough layers between an error and a misoperation, and you change the outcome.
That’s what every item in this catalog is designed to do. Customize it to your operation. Your team. Your vendors.
There Is No Industry Standard for Human Performance Toolkits. We're Building One.
Protection and control technicians work in some of the highest-consequence environments in the utility industry. Yet today, no formal standard defines what belongs in a human performance toolkit for relay testing. No benchmark. No specification. No consistent baseline.
Most teams assemble their own systems — often sourcing from vendors who've never set foot in a substation.
That inconsistency creates risk.
Project96 is establishing a clear, data-informed framework for human performance in relay operations — built from real-world experience and designed for how the work actually happens. A defensible baseline for what a complete human performance system should be.
Built by tradespeople, for tradespeople, by a team that's done the work.
There Is No Industry Standard for Human Performance Toolkits. We're Building One.
Protection and control technicians work in some of the highest-consequence environments in the utility industry. Yet today, no formal standard defines what belongs in a human performance toolkit for relay testing. No benchmark. No specification. No consistent baseline.
Most teams assemble their own systems — often sourcing from vendors who've never set foot in a substation.
That inconsistency creates risk.
Project96 is establishing a clear, data-informed framework for human performance in relay operations — built from real-world experience and designed for how the work actually happens. A defensible baseline for what a complete human performance system should be.
Built by tradespeople, for tradespeople, by a team that's done the work.
Communication Controls
Clear, repeatable methods that eliminate ambiguity in critical steps
Verification Systems
Defined checks that confirm work is correct before proceeding
Placekeeping Methods
Tools that prevent skipped steps and maintain task continuity
Identification Standards
Visual systems that reduce confusion in complex environments
Every Project96 kit is configured to include all four layers—ensuring consistency, scalability, and real-world usability.
A complete system requires all four layers working together. Not dependent on perfection—designed to support it.
What's in the Kits
Every Project96 HPK Standard kit is built from the same field-tested components — selected for real protection and control work, not adapted from general safety supply.
Color-coded tape for every equipment status. IN SERVICE Tape. NOT IN SERVICE Tape. TEST Tape. DECOMMISSION Tape. Red Electrical Tape 2" Wide. The status indicators that belong in every bag, on every job, without exception.
IN SERVICE Placard 2x7". Magnetic IN SERVICE Sign 11x17". Magnetic TEST Placard 2x7". Magnetic TEST Sign 11x17". Magnetic Critical Step Arrow. High-visibility identification for panels, switchgear, and relay systems where misidentification isn't an option.
Mesh IN SERVICE Barricade 28x22". Mesh IN SERVICE Barricade 28x48". Mesh TEST Barricade 28x22". Physical placekeeping barriers that communicate equipment status across the work environment.
IN SERVICE Lockout Ring. TEST Lockout Ring. IN SERVICE Com Port Blocker. Test Switch Blocker. Current Test Switch Isolator. The controls that prevent the wrong action on the wrong equipment.
Terminal Blocker Single — Pack of 10. Terminal Blocker Double — Pack of 10. Terminal Blocker Triple — Pack of 10. Wire Caps 12/10 AWG. Wire Caps 16/14 AWG. Circuit-level protection for secondary wiring during relay testing and maintenance.
The bag that carries it all. Built for the field, sized for a complete kit, and the foundation of every Project96 HPK Standard configuration.
For tradespeople by tradepeople
Project96 was founded by Jeff Loy — 20+ years in utility construction, apprentice to supervisor — and Heather Loy, who built the operational backbone. Jeff has been on the live side of the meter. He's run the panels, called the holds, and watched events happen because the systems weren't there to catch them.
The HPK Standard isn't a marketing framework. It's what we wish had existed when we were doing this work.
For tradespeople by tradepeople
Project96 was founded by Jeff Loy — 20+ years in utility construction, apprentice to supervisor — and Heather Loy, who built the operational backbone. Jeff has been on the live side of the meter. He's run the panels, called the holds, and watched events happen because the systems weren't there to catch them.
The HPK Standard isn't a marketing framework. It's what we wish had existed when we were doing this work.