Entries Tagged Excavation

In this article, we highlight OSHA soil standards and the need to provide worker protection during excavations by discussing some complicating factors...

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...

Every drilling project presents a unique set of challenges. In order to effectively deal with changing site conditions, maintain safety and meet...

Considering Hearing Protection Devices (HPDs) for your employees? You’ve probably seen the Noise Reduction Rating label on packaging or in product descriptions....

There’s no question of the value of a safe job site. A safe job site is a happy job site, which usually...

With the two profiles Dig Different magazine features each issue, we capture the work that contractors do through both words and pictures. When photographers accompany...

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

“Situational awareness” describes alertness to and an understanding of hazards in your environment, and whether they pose a threat to your health...

Cranes, aerials and bucket trucks are common sights in construction zones and among maintenance crews around cities. What better way to hoist...

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

Can you list all the workplace safety hazards you and your team come in contact with on a daily basis? Chances are...

When your equipment is damaged, repairing or replacing it is only part of the cost. Factor in production or service interruptions, downtime for...

John Remstedt, co-owner of Grease Masters in St. Charles, Missouri, takes us along on a project cleaning out a city sewer main, located near...