Entries Tagged Safety

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...

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...

When you work in a challenging environment — construction and factory work, farming, septic pumping or towing, to name a few —...

Ever since our cave-dwelling ancestors started using hand signals and birdcalls to corner a mammoth, we’ve been trying to perfect communication to...

A successful hydroexcavation operation requires the right equipment and the right people. Replace either part of the equation with less than the...

Walt Logan, from Dig This Heavy Equipment Playground, has been running heavy equipment since the mid-1960s and knows that communication is important...

A couple of months ago, I read a news story about a septic tank that exploded and started a fire, destroying a...

Like a hungry lion, waterblasting machines are big, bad and dangerous. Treat them right, though, and you can make them purr like...

If you have been in this industry for some time you have certainly seen a lid on a cesspool, septic, aerobic or...

Wearing the proper personal protective equipment when doing any maintenance or repair on a septic system should be non-negotiable. Aside from the...