T-Rex has advanced safety training that is required to work refineres, substations, and even nuclear facilities.
The industrial training allows for us to really "show up" on civil projects and often be ahead of the curve.
T-Rex is proud not to have any loss time incidents on our OSHA logs. Our full time HSE director manages our extensive site specific trainings, TWIC certifications, drug testing, and JSA procedures.
Improved safety and damage prevention top the list of key benefits of hydro-excavation. An underground utility strike can be catastrophic, affecting thousands of people and costing millions of dollars. A single incident may cause personal injury or death, property damage, lost work opportunity, community disruption, ecological damage and insurance liability.
More than 40 percent of pipeline system leaks and ruptures are caused by damage from outside force, and more than half of all cable service outages are caused by excavation damage.
While disruption of a telecommunications network is not as inherently dangerous, it can be expensive and inconvenient, impacting traffic control systems, health services and emergency response activities. The importance of minimizing underground utility strikes and their consequences cannot be denied.
Using hydro-excavation in such situations can avoid:
- “Hits” or “strikes” on underground utility lines, cables and pipes
- High costs to repair damaged infrastructure
- Costs and inconvenience of interrupted utility services
- Serious injury or death to workers and the public
- Liability and increased insurance costs
- Loss of a company’s reputation, revenues and employee morale
In addition, hydro-excavation can improve overall productivity and efficiency for contractors, municipalities and utilities.