On Sept. 16, 2019, in Farmington, Maine, a damaged and leaking underground propane line fueled a deadly explosion. This catastrophe, and resulting new regulations, have convinced many propane marketers of the benefits of locating, marking and avoiding underground lines…Read More
The Common Ground Alliance (CGA) is gearing up for 2017! CGA released its seventh consecutive Communications Plan and Calendar via webinar in December to guide stakeholders in their efforts to promote the 811 message and other damage prevention practices. The 2017 Communications Plan features a calendar with daily, weekly and monthly tasks, as well as …
KOTA KINABALU: A 43-year-old man died after he was buried alive after loose soil collapsed during excavation works at a site near Bandar Sierra, off Jalan Lama Tuaran on Wednesday (Dec 30). The victim, foreign worker Sukirman Rappe, was conducting soil excavation works when the incident occurred. His body was extracted…Read More
A sinkhole opened Monday afternoon, swallowing a forklift on Smallman Street in the Strip District. The sinkhole opened about 2 p.m. near the 33rd Street intersection, according to Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority spokeswoman Rebecca Zito. “The forklift fell in, and we…Read More
LYONS, Neb. — The ruptured natural gas pipeline that caused a fiery explosion Thursday afternoon has been repaired, according to a news release from Northern Natural Gas. The gas company said it appears that third-party damage caused the incident. In the news release, the gas company said an investigation revealed “a series of scores and gouges …
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s two oil and natural gas associations have merged into one organization. On Dec. 3, voting members of both the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia (IOGAWV) and West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association (WVONGA) voted to combine and become the Gas and Oil Association of WV (GO-WV). “Discussions …
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Aworker operating a backhoe cracked open a 2-inch steel gas main on Amarillo Drive in American Canyon on Friday afternoon, the utility reported. The incident occurred at 1:20 p.m. and prompted the evacuation of one residence and sheltering in place in others. The roadway was also closed to traffic for a time, the utility said. …
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ATLANTA — An Atlanta YMCA is being evacuated after a gas line was hit, Wednesday afternoon, causing a leak. According to the Atlanta Police Department, the leak happened in the 2200 block of Campbellton Road SW, near the YMCA. Atlanta Gas Light told 11Alive a contractor who was drilling …Read More
One of the problems the locating trade faces is the perception that our job is easy. From the outside looking in, an excavator contacts the One Call center and within a day or so, accurate markings appear at their job site. DIRT reporting bears out that in the majority of cases when an excavator contacts …
Ngā mihi nui kia koutou (Greetings to you all from New Zealand). Many of us who have been involved on the ground floor of underground utility location, damage prevention, asset management, and subsurface geospatial survey and mapping anywhere around the world can, hopefully, agree on this one fact: We need to come together as a …
