“In 15 seconds, I am completely passed out, no more air. And that’s it.” Keith Pelzel, owner of Westside Septic Design in Puyallup, Washington, died in a collapsed trench one day, but was revived and tells his story in a free safety-training program available through the Washington On-Site Sewage Association. “I had never, ever experienced anything as painful as that,” he adds in one of the video vignettes used in the training.“In a conversation recently with an employee of a service provider, I wasn’t surprised to hear that people consider safety rules to be nothing more than a burden, written
