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Wearing proper gear, such as gas masks and hard hats, is vital to safety but following safety procedures every time you enter a manhole is the best form of incident prevention.
When a workday will be spent in a manhole, the cardinal rule is always: Be safe. A manhole is vertical and confined — two conditions that lead to falls and to being felled by dropped tools — and could be rife with deadly gases. Entering such a workspace casually is asking for...
