Safety

In work truck fleets, operator safety is a paramount concern. Adding safety options can have huge payoffs in terms of insurance savings,...

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...

The combination of wireless communication and hearing protection comes in handy just about everywhere outside of a cubicle farm. Come to think...

A United Nations official recently visited Alabama’s Black Belt to report on poverty and claimed the area’s sewage disposal problems are the worst...

Voice communication only works if you can hear it. To create the most effective wireless communication system available for workers in challenging,...

This is the age of mobility. With smartphones, laptops, email and Wi-Fi everywhere, it’s as easy to work remotely as it is to...

The world is getting serious about job site safety. Advancements in technology, rising awareness and increased regulatory enforcement are just some of...

Owner Mike Flaherty likes to say three things haven’t changed about his family’s company, Advanced Pollution Control (APC) Corp., since it was...

When the business cycle is slow, Dan Lin, safety coordinator/operator of Supreme Vac in Edmonton, Alberta, jumps into a truck and works...

The sweltering heat of summer is upon us. For pumpers working out in the field, hot days can be both exhausting and...

All systems and system components need periodic maintenance to keep them operating and performing. To make maintenance easier, as an industry we...

Safety is paramount. No matter the line of work you’re in, it’s critical to do everything in your power to keep employees...

From time to time we need to enter a truck’s vacuum tank (or a septic tank) to clean and inspect it. That...

A recent tragedy in North Dakota again highlights the need to properly secure septic tank lids, and is a sad reminder of...

A fifth-grader should never be faced with the responsibility of saving another child’s life. But such was the case on April 8...

Never again” he wrote on his Facebook page after a trench in which he was working collapsed in May. A month later,...

“In 15 seconds, I am completely passed out, no more air. And that’s it.” Keith Pelzel, owner of Westside Septic Design in...