Entries Tagged Job Safety

A man conducting an underground utility locate fell 10 to 12 feet from a bridge in Malcolm, Nebraska, on June 7.The Lancaster...

This fall KEEN Utility will introduce the Tacoma Series, a collection of boots that feature rugged details and unique performance enhancements that...

Professional football players are tough. But more teams are outfitting their training camps with kiddie pools — a simple way to help...

Imagine sitting at your desk at work and realizing the phones aren’t working and your email is down. All because a utility...

With more than half of its clients being in the petroleum industry, Sweetwater Utility Exploration has a big focus on safety, but...

Note: This is the second of a two-part series on trench safety and the story of a cave-in survivor who dispels the common...

Note: This is the first of a two-part series on trench safety and the need for proper shoring. In Part 2 of the series, a cave-in...

Seattle’s Sound Transit is rethinking its names for two of its tunnel-boring machines after the issues a third tunnel-boring machine, Bertha, has...

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

April usually brings warm weather and the start of the construction season for many states. With that construction season comes risk for...

Hydroexcavation is definitely a safer way of digging compared to traditional forms of excavation, but there is always that element of danger...

The risks, including death, are well known. Despite being easily preventable, cave-ins during trenching and excavation work continue to occur, killing an...

All businesses need to take reasonable efforts to ensure the safety and physical well-being of its employees, but maintaining high standards of...

Workers in the construction industry now have the same confined space protections that those in manufacturing and general industry have had for...