Day: March 9, 2020

Fortis BC says most broken gas lines could be easily avoided

Fortis BC says broken gas lines were up in the province last year and the most frustrating thing about it is, almost all of the incidents were avoidable The gas company dealt with 1,069 separate incidents last year with 29 of those occurring right here in Kamloops. Ian Turnbull, Damage Prevention & Emergency Services Manager …

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Utility pleads guilty to causing gas blasts that killed 1

BOSTON (AP) — A utility company pleaded guilty Monday to causing a series of natural gas explosions in Massachusetts that killed one person and damaged dozens of homes. The president of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, Mark Kempic, entered the plea in Boston’s federal court on behalf of the company responsible for the blasts that tore …

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LSAW: Confined Spaces

Locator Safety & Appreciation Week (LSAW) is a celebration of utility locators’ hard work and an acknowledgment of the hazards they face every day in the field. Locators play crucial and often underappreciated roles in protecting the public and our underground infrastructure. Take some time this week to thank a locator in your life! We’ll …

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LSAW: Threats to the Eye

Locator Safety & Appreciation Week (LSAW) is a celebration of utility locators’ hard work and an acknowledgment of the hazards they face every day in the field. Locators play crucial and often underappreciated roles in protecting the public and our underground infrastructure. Take some time this week to thank a locator in your life! We’ll …

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