Safety

Editor’s Note: This article is being republished with permission from the National Utility Contractors Association’s Utility Contractor magazine. For more information, visit...

Maintaining good trench safety practices should be a priority 365 days a year. But this week in particular is a time to...

There are many workplace safety mantras, such as “safety is a habit” and “safety is everyone’s business.” While there is truth in...

Excavation safety should always be top of mind on the job site, but with April being National Safe Digging Month, now is...

April is National Safe Digging Month. But this period of excavation safety education will be different this year amidst the conditions created by...

Safety and quality are two of the most inseparable components to success on a job site. You can’t have one without the...

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...

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

Safety and quality are two of the most inseparable components to success on a job site. You can't have one without the...

When the polar vortex hit the U.S. earlier this year, you may have noticed that many people — but not all —...

Eight service workers died in trenching accidents last April. Staying safe requires more than following regulations: It takes a thorough understanding of...

Safety training is critical in the construction industry because it’s a high-risk workplace with hazardous work. Dangerous situations are part of the...

Due to the constant movement of people and equipment on a job site, construction jobs demand high levels of alertness. Sleep deprivation...

Reporting incidents to regulatory and oversight organizations like OSHA can be harrowing, but ironically, it turns out that the best way to...

One year after a ruptured gas line in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, produced a deadly explosion, a state lawmaker is looking to alter...

The National Utility Contractors Association is holding its annual Trench Safety Stand Down this week. Now in its fourth year, the Trench Safety...

United Rentals is participating in a nationwide series of trench safety educational events during the Trench Safety Stand Down, which takes place...