Safety

Whether you have one vehicle or 100, your operators spend nearly all their time in or around their service vehicles.Often, whether or...

Safety should always be on your mind, but June is a time to emphasize safety even more with it being officially designated...

The National Utility Contractors Association is preparing for its annual Trench Safety Stand Down, which will be held the week of June...

Safety is paramount. No matter the line of work you’re in, it’s critical to do everything in your power to keep employees...

Every year, heedless jetter operators are needlessly exposed to serious injuries — even death — and make their employers vulnerable to negligence...

When job site safety, and the unfortunate outcomes that can come from overlooking safety protocols, are covered in Cleaner, it oftentimes has to...

As hydroexcavator operator Joe Harp walked up to his co-worker to aid him on a job site, he suddenly felt like he...

Disease, blindness, trauma, death — these are the risks for service industry workers when they fail to use basic personal protective equipment. Some...

In work truck fleets, operator safety is a paramount concern. Adding safety options can have huge payoffs in terms of insurance savings,...

Increased density of development has created an unforeseen result — a growing number of accidental underground utility strikes. The Common Ground Alliance’s...

Running a company can be a bit like walking a tightrope. It’s all about balance. When times are slow and budgets are tight,...

It seems improbable from the surface: With all the thousands of square feet of soil, what are the odds that two 6-inch...

Despite having worked in equipment safety publications for four years now, I marvel at how much I still don't know. However, one...

The potential for loss of life should be reason enough for contractors to always practice all the proper trench safety measures. But...

Trench collapse (or cave-in) and caught-in (or caught-between) incidents occur too often. In 2014, 39 workers perished in caught-in incidents. Between 2000...

The combination of wireless communication and hearing protection comes in handy just about everywhere outside of a cubicle farm. Come to think...

For cleaners and other service technicians, it’s common to be in a company-owned vehicle a lot of the time — shuttling between jobs;...