ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — A body was found after a portable restroom first caught fire and then exploded in St. Augustine, Florida, in...
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How to Create a Culture of Accountability for Your Portable Restroom Operation
When you hire new team members, you have a certain set of expectations for them. Ultimately, you want them to be punctual,...
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Restroom Reports: October 2019
With the mixed bag of portable restroom-related incidences in the Portable Restroom Operator inbox this month, it seemed fitting to round up...
Blogs
Keep Your Service Technicians Warm With High-Tech Clothing
When the polar vortex hit the U.S. earlier this year, you may have noticed that many people — but not all —...
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Industry News: Longtime Portable Restroom Operator Passes Away
Louis John “Lou” Paulsen, age 90, passed away July 9. Paulsen was the founder of Can-Doo Budjet Rentals in Abilene, Texas.
After opening...
Editorial
Stay Warm and Cozy While Cleaning More Restrooms in Frigid Temps
For many contractors, including portable restroom service technicians, working in the cold is a way of life. It’s not fun, but it’s...
Editorial
Another Portable Restroom Burned to the Ground?
It seems like every day I review my Google Alerts to find a news report on firefighters responding to a blaze originating...
Editorial
Keep Communication Lines Open to Resolve OSHA Safety Violations
Everyone in the industry has heard at least one horror story about someone getting fired or demoted for reporting a safety violation.
In...
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PSAI Approved Tips to Keep Your Portable Restrooms Safe and Business Running in Inclement Weather
Entry 402033Portable restroom operators living in areas prone to extreme weather aren’t the only ones who need to be prepared for Mother...
Editorial
Reject Oil and Gas Process Water as a Restroom De-icer
The Ohio House of Representatives Energy and Natural Resources Committee has passed HB 393 out of committee that will commoditize oil and...
Editorial
Simple Safety Improvements Can Save a Life
From time to time, we look at our world and see what we can do to improve driving/driver safety. We have chosen...
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10 Ways to Brace for Natural Disasters
In the midst of wildfire and hurricane seasons, we’ve rounded up the most common disaster response advice doled out by your fellow...
Editorial
What Can We Learn From the Headlines?
I track PROs in the news through automatic internet searches. Sometimes the daily dispatches cover a positive story about a company that’s...
Editorial
Protect Your Route Driver Between Restroom Servicing Stops
Whether you have one vehicle or 100, your operators spend nearly all their time in or around their service vehicles.
Often, whether or...
Editorial
Following These Towing Tips Can Prevent a Disaster
I don’t know where the tow vehicle and trailer rig was headed, but I hope the driver was stopped by law enforcement...
Editorial
Don’t Become Complacent When You Take a Wand in Hand
“High pressures can cause injuries similar to gunshot wounds, but have the added health hazard of involving contaminated water.”
That quote is from...
Editorial
Hepatitis A Outbreak Prompts Calls for More Portable Sanitation
It’s sad to say, but human defecation and urination on public streets is reaching epidemic proportions across America, from large West Coast...











