Job Safety Articles

In 2018, Nor-Cal Pipeline Services of West Sacramento, California, had no recordable-injury incidents. And in 2019, the company, which does hydroexcavating, sewer...

The Common Ground Alliance (CGA), a national nonprofit trade association dedicated to protecting underground utility lines and the people who dig near...

Technicians at Abacus Plumbing in Houston, Texas, are now significantly less prone to distractions while driving than they were earlier this year...

Hydroexcavation is often promoted as a safer method of excavation — and in almost all ways, it is. But that doesn’t mean...

So you see a colleague violating a safety procedure while operating a combo vac truck. Or breaking an office ethics protocol. Or doing...

The Trench Safety Stand Down was held across the nation by the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) the week of June 15-19. As part of the...

Editor’s Note: This article is being republished with permission from the National Utility Contractors Association’s Utility Contractor magazine. For more information, visit www.nuca.com. Buried alive. Alone....

Each year, companies waste time and money on training that doesn’t deliver what the people who paid for it thought it would....

There are many workplace safety mantras, such as “safety is a habit” and “safety is everyone’s business.” While there is truth in...

The National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) is declaring June to be Trench Safety Month, building upon the annual Trench Safety Stand Down...

“Culture of safety” is a phrase that gets used a lot.For a lot of companies, it is a reality — safety is...

In the past couple of months, drain cleaners and plumbers have had to adapt to new realities brought on by the COVID-19...

Sonetics, a longtime global leader in wireless team communication systems for challenging work environments, is remaining open during the COVID-19 pandemic to...

The coronavirus has the world’s attention. Public reactions seem to range from media coverage eye-rolling to mass toilet paper shortages. One thing is...