Waste Safety
A Focus on Safety Products
Alliance Wireless Technologies' Mobile Rear Vision Monitor Camera Systems; Blue Ridge Services' Safety Training Video Programs; and more....
Safety First: The Heat Is On
By David Biderman
It's summer, and waste employers and workers must guard against heat stress....
Cold Cocked
By Steven Averett (steven.averett@penton.com)
You may think that moldering, half-eaten burrito you've been carefully neglecting in the break room fridge is no big deal. But you're wrong. Dead wrong....
Safety First: Don't Give 'Em a Reason
By David Biderman
OSHA and other agencies could take interest in waste industry if fatalities continue....
Dutch Processed
By Steven Averett (steven.averett@penton.com)
So through a navigational snafu, a Netherlands Air Force plane landed at Little Rock National Airport in Arkansas instead of Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville, Ark. No big deal, right?...
Two Steps Back
By Bruce Hooker
When backing accidents turn deadly....
They've Got Issues
By Jerry Peters
Temporary workers are a great resource, but using them can present an array of complex problems....
Change Reaction
By Kenneth M. Baylor
Managing employees during the economic downturn requires candor and empathy....
Safety First: Let's Protect Our Workers
By David Biderman
When Waste Age contacted me last month about writing a monthly column on safety, I was thrilled....
Look and Listen
By Kate McGinn, XL Specialty Insurance Company, www.xlinsurance.com
Who isn't feeling the pressure of this economy? As costs are cut and employees are asked to do "more with less," the opportunity for mistakes increases....
Low Wire Act
By Jeff Eriks, Vice President of Project Development, Cambridge Companies, Griffith, Ind.
Finding new sites in high-density areas to build transfer stations is growing increasingly difficult. Resident concerns, limited availability of convenient...
Mark It
By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)
April 21, 2009 NSWMAWorkplace Safety in the Solid Waste IndustryHoustonwww.nswma.org April 26-30, 2009 ISRI2009 Convention and ExpositionLas Vegaswww.isriconvention.org...
Look Out Below
By Bruce Hooker, R.F. Mattei & Associates of CA Insurance Services, Sacramento, Calif.
Most waste firms are accustomed to being asked by their customers for proof of insurance (usually in the form of a certificate). As astute business people,...
Walking on Eggshells
By Kate McGinn, XL Specialty Insurance Company, www.xlinsurance.com
Enterprise risk management can help your firm survive the economic downturn....
As Busy as a Bee
By Craig Wallwork
WASTEC working on ANSI standards, preparing for annual meeting....
Scrap Trap
By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries has launched a Web site, www.scraptheftalert.com, that allows recyclers and local law enforcement to work together to combat materials theft....
Dumpster Driving
By Steven Averett (steven.averett@penton.com)
Why walk the garbage to the dumpster when you can drive it?...
Going Soft
By Nicole Croteau, Vice President, WasteHaulerGuard Insurance Program
What soft and hard insurance markets mean to your company....
Drive Time
By Chaz Miller, State Programs Director, Environmental Industry Associations
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration released new hours-of-service regulations on Nov. 19. The hours of service rule is one of the most contentious regulations undertaken...
The Hidden Fleet
By Bruce Hooker, R.F. Mattei & Associates of CA Insurance Services, Sacramento, Calif.
When it comes to fleet safety and reducing costly accidents, most waste companies have focused their efforts almost exclusively on their large collection vehicles....
Retaliation Review
By Barry Shanoff, Legal Editor, Rockville, Md.
Believe it or not, the waste industry is affected as much or more by court rulings that concern all segments of the business community than by decisions...
A Very, Very Hot Pocket
By Steven Averett (steven.averett@penton.com)
Many a disillusioned bachelor has surely looked down at his freshly microwaved frozen meal and seriously considered depositing it directly in the trash. But down that road lies disaster!...
Risky Recession
By Kate McGinn, XL Specialty Insurance Company www.xlinsurance.com
The state of the economy is less than rosy. Lack of investor confidence, corporate failures, layoffs, declining stock prices and tightened credit markets...
Keeping Workers Safe
By David Biderman, General Counsel, Environmental Industry Associations
The National Solid Wastes Management Association and Waste Equipment Technology Association's safety program helps companies and local governments increase employee safety in several ways....
Moving Target
Bruce Hooker R.F. Mattei & Associates of CA Insurance Services; Sacramento, Calif.
Whether your company operates a landfill, transfer station, materials recovery facility or other recycling operation, one thing is clear: Keeping your...
