Entries Tagged Safety

In a go-big-or-go-home moment during the deep economic downturn in 2007, Dave Jaeger and his son, Dave Jaeger Jr., decided to start...

The Common Ground Alliance (CGA), a national nonprofit trade association dedicated to protecting underground utility lines and the people who dig near...

To mark OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down — occurring Sept. 14-18 — Ergodyne is emphasizing the importance of dropped objects prevention. “Over 50,000 workers...

We’ve written about companies of all different sizes in Dig Different magazine, from small operations with two or three employees, all the...

It’s getting crowded out there. From small fiberoptics and cable TV lines to larger water, gas and wastewater pipelines, there’s a significant...

Sonetics Corporation, a longtime global leader in wireless team communication systems for challenging work environments, is remaining open during the COVID-19 pandemic...

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...

I want you to think back to the year 2000. Just two decades ago. It doesn’t seem like that long ago, does...

Utility lines for electricity, phone, cable TV and many others are increasingly being buried underground, making repairs to water pipelines more and...

Most teams that communicate with Sonetics wireless headsets rarely need the system’s full range. When team members are within a few hundred...

Productivity, safety and systems that help employees work smarter are your top priorities. You recognize that the effectiveness of your team communication...

In 2017, U.S. and Canadian contractors and others on excavation job sites experienced work interruptions, struck utility lines or had a “near...

When asked about an opponent’s plan for an upcoming match, former champion boxer Mike Tyson once said, “Everyone has a plan until...