Confined spaces with poor ventilation trap dangerous gases and particulate matter in the atmosphere, exposing workers to potential respiratory infection, illness or...
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How Much Ventilation Does Your Confined Space Need?
Entries Tagged Safety
Editorial
A Complacent Attitude Can Put Your Safety on the Job at Risk
What is complacency in the workplace? It can be defined as self-satisfaction, especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies.
Complacency...
Editorial
Beware of These Dangers in Cold, Confined Spaces
Working in pits to clean or reline pipes and other confined spaces during the colder months can bring new sets of challenges...
Editorial
Proper Evaluation of Safety Culture Goes Beyond the Numbers
For most companies, having zero injuries is the ultimate safety goal, but this can be very hard to attain especially when you...
Editorial
Hydroexcavation Best Practices for Complex Underground Environments
With today’s increasingly complex and congested underground environments, there is no room for error when excavating or exposing utilities.
Underground professionals know that...
Editorial
10 Tips to Ensure Safe Sewer Cleaning
The use of high-pressure jet/vac equipment for cleaning sewers can be dangerous unless operators are well trained and fully understand the potential...
Editorial
Cross Bore Hunting
In February 2010, what was seemingly a routine sewer backup at a home in St. Paul, Minnesota, went horribly wrong.
There was a...
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OSHA Releases New National Emphasis Program on Fall Hazards
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has begun a National Emphasis Program to prevent...
Editorial
Practice Situational Awareness During the Workday
Maybe you have heard of the phrase “situational awareness” recently. It has been used here and there in different settings and maybe...
Editorial
A Broken Record
The topic of this month’s column, trench safety, is nothing new. It’s been addressed before in the pages of this magazine and...
Blogs
5 Ways Foam Earplugs are Letting You Down
It’s time to ditch the foam earplugs. First there was a cotton ball and petroleum jelly. Then came foam earplugs. They’ve reached...
Blogs
How It Works: Noise-Canceling Headsets
Noise cancelling headsets have come a long way in the past 30 years, and they provide many advantages for workers who need...
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5 Common Workplace Accidents and How to Avoid Them
Do any of these workplace accidents have the potential to occur at your work site? Keeping your crew alert and communicating well...
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13 Wireless Headset Must-Haves for Effective Team Communication
Productivity, safety and systems that help employees work smarter are your top priorities. You recognize that the effectiveness of your team communication with...
