Safety

The new year is upon us, and here’s hoping all of you make it through 2019 safely. One of the stories in this...

Utility lines for electricity, phone, cable TV and many others are increasingly being buried underground, making repairs to water pipelines more and...

The statistics paint a dark picture: According to the National Highway administration, approximately 750 motorists lose their lives in construction zone accidents...

The moderate temperatures of fall are coming to an end, and the winter season isn’t that far into the future. Some municipalities serve...

In response to a recent spike in trenching fatalities, OSHA has updated its National Emphasis Program (NEP) on preventing trenching and excavation...

Some jobs may seem too small to sweat over the idea of public safety. There are a hundred little things on a job...

The threat of injury is always present in a roadway work zone. As common as these sites are, providing the crew and...

As hydroexcavator operator Joe Harp walked up to his co-worker to aid him on a job site, he suddenly felt like he...

When job site safety, and the unfortunate outcomes that can come from overlooking safety protocols, are covered in Municipal Sewer & Water,...

The importance of practicing safety when working on sewer projects in and around manholes can never be emphasized enough. Keep this information in...

Despite having worked in equipment safety publications for four years now, I marvel at how much I still don't know. However, one...

In 1971, OSHA was created mostly because companies and employees were not committed enough — or able — to take care of...

Construction and public works crews need to know where gas lines are before digging, drilling, pile driving, bulldozing or performing any other...

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...

Trenchless technologies continue to grow around the world because they have been a safe and cost-effective method of renewing our buried infrastructure...

Compact jetter saves time, trouble and moneyProblem: Craig Casteen of Casteen Plumbing & Repair in North Carolina faced working in a residential...

Communication turns a group of workers into an organized crew. Ever since our cave-dwelling ancestors started using hand signals and birdcalls to...