Entries Tagged Safety

There’s a project cost line item that’s in need of an internal audit. Are radio rentals costing you thousands of dollars on...

The usual suspects appear on the preliminary list of Fiscal Year 2017 OSHA Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards. Except for one. “Electrical –...

When you work in a challenging environment — construction work, excavation, tree care and towing, to name a few — one of...

For tradespeople, high noise exposure is a way of life. According to the International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise, 22 million...

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

For Rochester Asphalt’s Royal Johnson, communicating with his crew had become an exercise in frustration. Hear how he solved the problem with Sonetics wireless...

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

A new resource is brewing for utility contractors of all stripes at the National Utility Contractors Association. They’re calling it NUCA University,...

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

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

As the year comes to a close, we take a look at some of the most popular stories on www.cleaner.com. If you...

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...

Badger Daylighting crews know the dangers of working near utility lines firsthand, and thankfully they were using bonding mats. “We’ve had tires that...