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Description: From the trenches: Creating a safety frame of mind
From the trenches: Creating a safety frame of mind
For a well-rounded, versatile engineer, technical and regulatory expertise must always remain a core competency. However, understanding and appreciating elements of human nature, team building, safe workplace practices, undocumented tribal knowledge, and unconventional diagnostic methods are just as important. These elements can’t be learned from books or most undergraduate courses. They will come from a blend of first-hand experience and memorable advice collected along the way.In this series, some seasoned (and battle-scarred) professionals will try to ease the learning curve in collection system operations and maintenance for younger professionals by offering advice and insight based on real-life experiences.
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Richard R. Roll
SourceWater Environment & Technolology
Project IDWET2018_47
SubjectJobs; Training;
Document typeMagazine article
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Print publication date Oct 2018
Volume / Issue30 / 12
Content sourceWE&T Magazine
First / last page(s)65 - 67
Copyright2018
Word count2,500
Subject keywordsengineersworkplace practicesmethodsreal-life experienceadvicestories

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Description: From the trenches: Creating a safety frame of mind
Taking proper precautions
From the trenches: Creating a safety frame of mind
We mentioned before that when it comes to safety training, personal stories may resonate with you. Here is an example.
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Copyright2018
Word count564
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Description: From the trenches: Creating a safety frame of mind
Bringing proper equipment
From the trenches: Creating a safety frame of mind
To illustrate another point about safety, here’s another true story, this time about a junior utility engineer preparing to enter a 10-m-deep rock shaft to document groundwater infiltration. When all his entry PPE was in place and he verified the shaft safe for entry, the assisting crew leader started to connect the engineer’s harness ring to the service truck’s electric winch....
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Copyright2018
Word count232
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Description: From the trenches: Creating a safety frame of mind
The dangers of dangling
From the trenches: Creating a safety frame of mind
Confined space entry training teaches the importance of all the associated equipment including the harness, attachments, lowering mechanism, and fall protection mechanism. All the aforementioned equipment exists to protect you if you slip off manhole rungs, a ladder, a bosun chair, or some other means by which you are descending belowground. If a slip occurs, you’ll need to regain your...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Copyright2018
Word count374
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Description: From the trenches: Creating a safety frame of mind
Avoiding hazards
From the trenches: Creating a safety frame of mind
Better and safer methods to collect sewer system data could avoid placing anyone in harm’s way. Fortunately, there is technology that can make many, but not all entries, unnecessary. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) crawlers, extreme-zoom imaging with visible light and infrared capability, and acoustic pipe inspection are a few examples. It is now so much easier to research the capability of...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Copyright2018
Word count365
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Description: From the trenches: Creating a safety frame of mind
Dressing for success (and safety)
From the trenches: Creating a safety frame of mind
Some of the manholes requiring our attention are on open land or off in the margin. Most often, though, they are in or very close to paved roadways. What else shares those roadways? Two-ton projectiles (cars and other vehicles) with an often-unreliable biological control mechanism (also known as the average driver). High visibility outerwear (vests, jackets, hoodies, etc.) aren’t a fashion...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Copyright2018
Word count260
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Description: From the trenches: Creating a safety frame of mind
Proper hygiene: the last line of defense
From the trenches: Creating a safety frame of mind
So much time, effort, and expense go into planning and constructing a sewer collection system. After accomplishing this achievement, how do people treat it? They deposit the most disgusting things into it, expecting their problems to disappear like magic. Intended uses are bad enough, but prohibited discharges such as grease, automotive fluids, and interfering objects complicate maintenance...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Copyright2018
Word count295
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From the trenches: Creating a safety frame of mind