When your equipment is damaged, repairing or replacing it is only part of the cost. Factor in production or service interruptions, downtime for...
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Learn How to Connect and Protect Your Team
“In a dangerous work zone, what’s more important: communication or hearing protection? It’s not fair to make workers choose the lesser of...
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Work Safely Even Around the Loudest Trucks
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...
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How to Prevent Struck-By and Back-Over Incidents
Struck-by, struck-against and back-over incidents are far too common:421 Hudson St., Manhattan, New York City, April 21, 2016: Construction worker killed by...
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5 Ways Foam Earplugs are Letting You Down
It’s time to ditch the foam earplugs. First there was a cotton ball and petroleum jelly. Then came foam earplugs. They’ve reached...
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How it Works: Full-Duplex Communication
“Don’t know what you got until it’s gone.” What do Cinderella and Passenger have to do with full-duplex communication? Both bands topped the charts singing about taking...
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What Happens to Your Ears When Exposed to High Noise
The ability to hear is a truly amazing feat of nature and it’s astounding what the human ear can do. In fact,...
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Sonetics Headsets Make Work Zones Safer
Rochester Asphalt and Concrete’s Royal Johnson shares a story about an on-the-job incident where Sonetics wireless headsets wireless headsets played a key safety...
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Your Guide to Getting Started With Sonetics
Let Sonetics walk you through everything you need to know to get started with your new Portable Wireless Communication System, including the...
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How it Works: Listen-Through Technology
If you’ve ever worked in a challenging, high-noise environment, then you know about the catch-22 between protecting your hearing and being able...
Integrated Wireless Communication Delivers Results for Drilling Contractors
Every drilling project presents a unique set of challenges. In order to effectively deal with changing site conditions, maintain safety and meet...
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How to Speed Up Training
Many view training as an unproductive but necessary evil. Not true. The Construction Industry Institute found that productivity increases by 11 percent for...
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Communication Failure or Hearing Damage? The Dangers of Partial Solutions
A communication failure on a job site, factory floor or other high-traffic work zone can have serious, even life-threatening consequences. Hearing damage, on the...
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Many Options Are Available for Hearing Protection for Contractors
Industry veteran and Jarvis Septic & Drain owner Gene Morris can attest to the dangers of noise exposure over time: “I’m 56,...




















