Summer is a great time for construction work, but a brutal time for construction workers. Excessive heat and sun exposure pose significant...
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5 Steps to Confined-Space Safety
Each year, about 100 workers in the United States die in confined-space incidents.
The sad fact is that most of those workers were...
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Vactor IntuiTouch System Puts Operators’ Safety First
If your workplace is a bustling street, the Vactor IntuiTouch control system makes the safety of operators a priority. The controls are...
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Safety Tips for Working In and Around Manholes
The importance of practicing safety when working on sewer projects in and around manholes can never be emphasized enough. Keep this information in...
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How to Maintain Social Distance and Communicate Effectively in a High Noise Environment
Sonetics Team Wireless Headsets enable natural conversation at a safe distance by combining conference call-like communication and hands-free operation with advanced hearing...
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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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The New Norm for Public Works: Shifting Routines and Social Distancing
With social distancing requirements, it’s anything but business as usual for public works, sewer and drain cleaning crews as they adjust to working...
Videos
Sonetics Continues to Manufacture Communication and Safety Solutions for Companies Within Our Nation’s Critical Infrastructure
Sonetics Corporation, a long-time leader in wireless team communication systems for challenging work environments, is remaining open during the COVID-19 pandemic to...
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Annual Report Reveals Increase in Excavation-Related Damages to Utilities
The Common Ground Alliance (CGA), a national nonprofit trade association dedicated to protecting underground utility lines and the people who dig near...
Editorial
Spotting Safety Issues
The words written about safety in these pages over the years are innumerable. But if a picture is worth 1,000 words, a...
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The Utility Expo to Feature Safety Demonstration Event From Planet Underground
Planet Underground, a provider of underground utility safety information, is joining forces with The Utility Expo to bring its “Roundtable Live!” event...
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New Standards Available for Vacuum Excavation and Sewer Cleaning Equipment
With the assistance of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, a second SAE standard has been published for vacuum excavators and sewer cleaning...
Editorial
Rise Above the Silence
So you see a colleague violating a safety procedure while operating a combo vac truck. Or breaking an office ethics protocol. Or...
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Declining Revenue, Social Distancing Among Water Sector Concerns During Pandemic
Most water utilities are returning to normal operations as they reopen their offices and relax some of the measures they put in...


















