The AEM Directional Drilling Safety Manual puts best practice safety guidance directly into the hands of equipment operators. This supplemental manual takes equipment operators through a typical day of operation, outlining safety procedures for each critical step.

Its easy-to-follow graphics and clearly stated safety warnings will help ensure operators understand the equipment's operation, capacity, mechanisms, maintenance, and intended uses, and focuses on hazards associated with underground drilling including: keyholing, cross boring, electrical strike, gas strike, fiber-optic strike, and water or sewage strike procedures. This manual is not a substitute for the manufacturer’s manual(s). 46 pages. 2014.