4 Things You Didn’t Know About Landfills and Heavy Equipment Operators
Have you ever thought about where your trash goes after you toss it in the dumpster or roll your cans down to the curb? Out of sight, out of mind,…
Crane Accidents: Causes and Prevention
Modified Date: February 18, 2025 As a construction worker, you play a crucial role in our infrastructure by ensuring our buildings are built safely and our roads are safe. Working…
Women in the Heavy Equipment Industry
Did you think heavy equipment operation is only a man’s field of work? It’s not. An increasing number of women are entering the construction industry by filling heavy equipment operator…
Heavy Equipment Winter Care Tips
The winter months are rapidly approaching and the cold weather, depending on where you are, is being thrust upon us. As the days get shorter and fluffy white precipitation descends…
Five Hazard Controls in the Workplace
There are five kinds of hazard control within the hierarchy of controls in the construction workplace. Different controls are applied to different situations, and there are times in which using…
Top 10 OSHA Violations: 2018
In the construction workplace, violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) rules are offenses that should be taken seriously. Violations of the standards can result in an increased…
Five Construction Safety Tips
Working with heavy equipment in construction settings is a dangerous task. Construction accidents can cause injuries that require medical attention, and there are many risk factors involved. Many construction accidents…
Landfill Operations and Heavy Equipment
America has A LOT of garbage. It’s estimated that the average American produces 4.4 pounds of trash per day. While this might not be the best news for the future of the planet, it is certainly good news for people who work at the landfills where all of that refuse is taken.
It’s not very likely that people spend too much time thinking about landfills on a daily basis, much less about the people who work in them every day. That is, of course, unless you’re one of the people who work in one. That’s a shame because for some, like heavy equipment operators, landfills and the jobs they provide present an opportunity for those in the field. In the content that follows, we’ll discuss some basic information about landfills, machines that are used and why working at a landfill can be a good choice for a heavy equipment operator. (more…)
Heavy Equipment Operators Crucial to Natural Disaster Recovery
Most of the time, when there is damage, there is debris that needs to be moved. For much of the large-scale debris, heavy equipment machines are needed to help restore cities and towns to what they were prior to the chaos. Salvaging buildings and valuable items buried in the rubble requires timely action from cleanup crews.
The Role of Bulldozers in the Heavy Equipment Industry
The bulldozer is an iconic fixture in the class of machines known as heavy equipment. Learn more about this machinery and training at HEC.