Don't Go Unequipped: Tools to Keep You Safe During Manhole Entry

Provide the right safety gear to ensure your employees make it home after working in manholes.

Don't Go Unequipped: Tools to Keep You Safe During Manhole Entry

When you’re working in an environment that can contain poisonous gases like hydrogen sulfide, following safety protocol and using proper equipment can be the difference between a normal workday and hospitalization.

Believe it or not, a hole where toxic gas can lurk and a misstep means a painful fall is a dangerous workplace. To prevent injuries, companies whose employees must enter sewer manholes regularly train their crews to be safe and call upon equipment manufacturers to help them in that effort.

“Every time we go in, we test the gases — opening the manhole and dropping the detector in the hole,” Horacio Franco says. “We determine if it’s clean of gases so we can safely have...

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