Safety

Common Ground Alliance — the national nonprofit trade association dedicated to protecting underground utility lines, people who dig near them and their communities —...

There are many hazards in our industry and one of the most dangerous places our workers can find themselves in is an...

Trench safety is the top priority of the National Utility Contractors Association and the American utility construction industry. Intense, realistic training for...

The National Utility Contractors Association’s Trench Safety Stand Down for 2023 officially ended Sept. 1. This year’s industry-wide event held in June...

Extreme weather is occurring more frequently, and when it affects your construction site, it’s a safety hazard to on-site personnel. If you...

August being National Traffic Awareness Month makes for a good opportunity to reflect on the importance of road safety. While overall miles traveled...

In the workplace we often hear about “unsafe acts,” defined as any activity by workers that is not in accordance with the...

Construction safety professionals had a reason to smile in December when the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that deaths in the...

There are some key indicators in determining a workplace’s safety standing, and there are also some important warning signs that your workplace...

VMAC renewed its Occupational Safety Standard of Excellence Certificate of Recognition and was awarded the 2023 Safety Pinnacle Sapphire Award for safety...

The National Utility Contractors Association recently announced to its members that the popular job site recording solution NUCA-WINS has been upgraded to...

For most businesses, having zero injuries is the ultimate safety goal, but this can be very hard to attain especially when...

The National Utility Contractors Association signed an important agreement last month with several stakeholder organizations to better protect industry employees who perform trenching...

In physically demanding jobs like construction, hydration is essential to not only worker productivity but also safety. This is especially the case...

Construction workers are some of the most at risk of suffering heat-related illness. To guard against things like heat stroke and even heat exhaustion,...

It doesn’t take long to find an instance of safety not being followed in this industry. Just open your web browser and...

Maybe you have heard of the phrase “situational awareness” recently. It has been used here and there in different settings and maybe...