SAFETY

Commitment
to Safety

All Tuf-Tite lids now feature expanded language to promote proper use and safety principles while using our products.

Danger: Poison Gas | Do Not Enter | Drowning Hazard | Risk of Serious Injury or Death
An example of a Danger warning sticker on a Tuf-Tite septic lid

To reduce the likelihood of serious injury or death:

  • Always follow local codes.
  • Do Not overtighten screws: 8 in lbs max.
  • Always install securement and safety screws properly.
  • Never let children play on or around this cover.
  • Never leave open riser unattended while servicing.
  • Always install lid according to manufacturer instructions.
  • Always replace all safety devices after servicing.
  • Fencing recommended when installed in public areas.

Alert authorities immediately if a riser is found open and unattended.

There are now four designated locations on our risers for certified service providers to place their information and inspection records. Label templates and supplies can be found here:

Example Service Sticker

Example Service Sticker

Example Service Sticker

Maintain Your Lid for Safety

  • Inspect your lid after any yardwork or service performed in or around the area of the septic lid.
  • At minimum, a certified service provider should inspect the septic lid for proper installation and use.
  • If your lid is older than 10 years, it should be replaced with a new lid by a certified service provider.
  • Lids showing any damage to structural features — including but not limited to: broken screw bosses, broken or missing pieces, or cracks — should be replaced with a new lid by a certified service provider.
  • Any area with below ground septic lids be surrounded by fencing or other means of isolation to protect small children, pets or wildlife from the area.

Cracked / Missing

Broken Screw Boss

Slashed

Safety Lids

Safety lids are recommended for all risers. All current Tuf-Tite riser models feature a safety ledge that allows a safety lid to be properly installed. If your riser doesn’t have a safety ledge, replace it with a current version and install a safety lid.
How safety lids work >

Safety Lid Illustration

Safety Lid Ledge

Safety Lid Installed

Terms and Conditions / Legal Notice

Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted under law, all warranties are disclaimed, whether express or implied, in connection with this website, instructions for use, and products described, shown, offered for sale, or sold on this website, including without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Tuf-Tite, Inc., its affiliates, owners, officers, employees, agents, and representatives (“we” or “Tuf-Tite”) assume no warranties, representations, assumptions of risk, indemnity obligation, liability, or other responsibility for any errors, mistakes, inaccuracies or omissions in the contents and materials of this website or the products described on this website, injuries to persons or damage to property, of any nature whatsoever, resulting directly or indirectly from use of the products described on this website or the performance or failure to perform any of the steps described on this website or on the products described on this website, any interruption in availability of the content of this website or any intended to be accessed using links provided on this website, failure to update any links on this website, any bugs, electronic viruses, Trojan horses, or other security vulnerability or loss due, directly or indirectly, to use of this website. No warranties beyond those required by law and that cannot be disclaimed are expressly made or should be implied.

Installer/User/Customer Understandings, Acknowledgements, Agreements, Representations and Warranties

By accessing this website, and/or purchasing, installing, or servicing any covers described, shown, or offered for sale on this website, you understand, acknowledge, agree, represent, and warrant that:

  1. Upon removal of the cover at any time, the opening is to be immediately, and for the entire duration that a cover is not installed, guarded by a railing, temporary cover, or other temporary barrier, and conspicuous warning signage and lighting, that will prevent an accidental fall through the opening and that will prevent foreign objects from falling into the opening.
  2. Nothing is to be stored on the cover.
  3. No human or animal is to stand or lean on the cover at any time.
  4. The area is to be checked/evaluated for potential hazards before opening the cover.
  5. A confined space tripod rescue system or similar emergency retrieval system is to be provided near the opening.
  6. It is the responsibility of the installer and owner of any site on which covers described, shown, or offered for sale on this website are used to review and comply with all applicable Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Safety and Health Regulations for Construction, 29 CFR 1926 including (but not limited to) Subpart M (Fall Protection)(1926.502 Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices), and Subpart AA (1926.1201–1213 Confined Spaces in Construction), and any failure to do so will not be the fault of, or in any way attributable to, Tuf-Tite.
  7. Moreover, injuries and/or damage that result from, or occur notwithstanding, compliance with the manners of use and precautions described on the cover label, this website, or the OSHA regulations referenced herein, will not be the responsibility of Tuf-Tite.