Commission the rig under controlled conditions
- Inspect hoses, reels, fittings, guns, lances, nozzles, unloader, burner, battery, fuel system, tanks, filters, and trailer running gear.
- Check oil, leaks, guards, emergency shutoff, hose restraints, and manufacturer service intervals.
- Test at working flow and temperature in a contained area; do not make a customer property the test stand.
- Verify recovery, transfer, and containment equipment with clean water before relying on it for wastewater.
Reconcile every product and protective control
Remove damaged, unlabeled, expired, frozen, separated, or unidentified containers through an appropriate process. Confirm current labels and SDS access, then inspect the PPE, eyewash or rinse provision, spill supplies, ventilation plan, and transport segregation tied to each product.
Refresh dilution and transfer procedures with the crew. A returning worker can remember last season's habit more clearly than this season's written process.
Re-onboard the crew, including returning workers
- Emergency contacts, incident reporting, stop-work authority, and first-aid supplies.
- Pressure-injection, electrical, carbon-monoxide, chemical, traffic, fall, lifting, and heat hazards.
- Vehicle, trailer, load securement, backing, and daily inspection responsibilities.
- New or changed equipment, products, customer sites, and waste-disposal arrangements.
Recurring work deserves a new site walk
Winter can change concrete, coatings, seals, downspouts, landscaping, drains, nearby construction, tenant access, and traffic patterns. Photograph the current condition and update the site plan rather than rolling last year's assumptions forward.
Utah water conditions and local requirements can also change between seasons. Reconfirm the water source, restrictions, stormwater controls, sanitary-sewer approval, and disposal route for the job address.
Audit the documents that travel with the truck
Review insurance certificates and exclusions, registrations, licenses where applicable, training records, SDS access, inspection logs, customer contacts, site plans, disposal approvals, and incident forms. Put an owner and renewal date beside each item so the audit becomes a working calendar.