Safety

Most pumpers will be hitting their stride soon, working earlier mornings and later evenings to satisfy the avalanche of service calls the...

A truck – a bridge – a crash. It’s not difficult to find examples of over-height loads colliding with bridges these days....

It’s rarely a good thing when officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) visit your business and cite it for...

Septic service route drivers must be ever vigilant about the dangers of rural rail crossings, where trains may be seldom encountered and...

People fantasize every day about what they would do if they owned their own business. They have grand plans for how their...

Safe driving practices are more important than ever on gas and oilfield drilling pads – especially during winter. Driving commercial trucks to...

As temperatures hover at -25 degrees F (-50 degrees with wind chill) outside my window in Northern Wisconsin, I think a brief...

Your heavy septic-hauling rig is propelled down the highway every day on several rubber tires. You routinely face heavy traffic, the potential...

Be safe. Drive safe. Stay safe. We hear these phrases often and sometimes utter them to others without much thought.J.B. Myers Enterprises...

Time-of-sale real estate inspections of septic tanks can generate a new revenue stream and gain access to future customers for pumper professionals....

Working on gas and oilfield drilling pads is a dangerous occupation. But driving commercial trucks to and from drilling rigs is an...

Those involved in the waste management or gas, oil and mining industries may find themselves faced with potentially hazardous wastes — either...

Benko Products Inc., an innovator in material handling and safety products, announces its 30-year anniversary this October. For 30 years Benko Products...

Earlier this year, a septic truck driver in Virginia jerked his steering wheel hard to the right to avoid an accident and...

WTRF.com in Wheeling W.Va., published a series of photos of a vacuum truck rollover accident Monday near Sardis, Ohio, on the Ohio-West...

Here at Pumper we pride ourselves on sharing valuable business advice we hear from septic service pros, small business experts and industry...

A Florida vacuum truck driver was uninjured when his service rig overturned along Interstate 75 in Land O’ Lakes, Fla., on Monday,...