Washington — The National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA), Washington, has launched a weekly e-mail newsletter that focuses on safety issues. The newsletter will be issued each Monday, and is called NSWMA Safety Monday. The first two...

A NEW YORK CITY SANITATION worker recently became a victim of violence. While picking up trash in March, two workers were caught in a hail of gunfire that resulted in one being shot. Fortunately, the worker is recovering. Yet the Occupational...

AT A LANDFILL OR TRANSFER station, safety is about saving — saving lives; saving families and friends from suffering; saving equipment; and subsequently saving money by reducing overtime, workmen's compensation and insurance payments, and the need...

Washington — The National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA), Washington, will unveil a new safety video at WasteExpo 2005 in Las Vegas. The video, funded by a grant from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to the Alexandria...

TRADITIONALLY, BACKING ACCIDENTS and the waste industry have gone hand in hand. Such accidents account for at least 25 percent of the vehicle accidents in the solid waste field. The Mattei Companies, Sacramento, Calif., recently conducted a study...

YOU'VE HEARD THE REPORTS. SAFETY PROGRAMS can save lives in the waste industry. And as the city of Atlanta sadly learned last month, truck maintenance can too...

TREATING BACK INJURIES, AN occupational hazard in the waste industry, can create aches and pains in a waste firm's bottom line. According to the National Safety Council, Itasca, Ill., the cost of treating back injury complaints ranges from $30...

BUSINESS IN THE solid waste management industry is, well, solid. That doesn't mean there aren't challenges to running a successful business, however. According to today's collection managers, competitive and economic pressures force them to...

Washington — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will re-address the 2003 Hours of Service rule that regulates the length of time commercial truck drivers can operate their vehicles. The Federal...

THE IMAGE OF SAFETY in the waste industry is evolving. No longer a few cautionary posters in the workplace and a manual gathering dust on a shelf, safety now is a necessary business expense. “It's really more like an investment than a cost,” notes...