"Zero days since our last injury" is a sign no municipal crew wants to see. And after a couple injuries to service workers while on the job, the utilities crew in Cocoa, Florida, knew they needed a safer way to cut pipes when fixing and installing water mains.
They found their solution about five years ago when Chris Collier, the assistant utilities director for Cocoa, learned of the Wachs Utility Diamond Wire Guillotine pipe saw and knew the tool needed to be in their arsenal. “Initially my crew thought it was just a new fad,” Collier says. “But I told them they can’t
