It takes more than a safety coordinator to produce accident-free work environments. But pairing someone in charge of safety with a team of like-minded...
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Editorial
It Pays to be Dedicated to On-the-Job Safety Practices
There is no picture-perfect template for managing a safety program. Everything that makes your company unique provides a reason to develop a safety strategy...
Editorial
Shining a Light on Overlooked PPE
Utilities and contractors have a duty to protect employees and provide a safe work environment, but many fail to supply or specify all...
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Extend the Life of Your Workwear and PPE
You know that good performance workwear and personal protective equipment is an investment. You wear these every day for hours on end...
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5 Ways to Shake Up Your Safety Training
At 20-years-old, Regina McMichael’s husband died after falling off a roof at a job site where he was working. That was the...
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Spreading the Word About Safe Excavation
Everyone plays a role in preventing damages to underground utility infrastructure. AEM continues to support the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) and asks its members to help spread awareness of the need to...
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7 Safety Tips to Protect Workers in Summer Heat
Summer is a great time for business, but a brutal time for workers. Excessive heat and sun exposure pose significant dangers, such...
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Two-Way Radios Aid Job Site Communication
Effective communication is key to the success of any contractor.
One of the best tools for improving on-the-job communication is two-way radios. Two-way...
Editorial
Don’t Cut Corners When it Comes to Excavating Safety
In April 2021, a Long Island contracting company was ordered to cease all excavating operations and pay $136,000 in penalties, the result of a...
Editorial
Don’t Stay Silent About Unsafe Behavior on the Job
So you see a colleague violating a safety procedure while operating a combo vac truck. Or breaking an office ethics protocol. Or doing...
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Contractor Excels With a Safety First Approach
On any given day, between 800 and 900 employees at Thompson Industrial Services fan out from 22 strategically located facilities, along with...
Editorial
Dig Out of Danger With a Strong Foundation of Safety Practices
Safety and quality are two of the most inseparable components to success on a job site. You can’t have one without the other.
And...
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A Culture of Safety Doesn't Happen By Accident
In 2018, Nor-Cal Pipeline Services of West Sacramento, California, had no recordable-injury incidents. And in 2019, the company, which does hydroexcavating, sewer...
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Annual Report Reveals Increase in Excavation-Related Damages to Utilities
The Common Ground Alliance (CGA), a national nonprofit trade association dedicated to protecting underground utility lines and the people who dig near...
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Camera System Combats Unsafe Driving Habits
Technicians at Abacus Plumbing in Houston, Texas, are now significantly less prone to distractions while driving than they were earlier this year...
Editorial
Best of the Decade: Teamwork Ensures Safety
Hydroexcavation is often promoted as a safer method of excavation — and in almost all ways, it is. But that doesn’t mean...
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Silence Will Kill Your Safety Culture
So you see a colleague violating a safety procedure while operating a combo vac truck. Or breaking an office ethics protocol. Or doing...













