Lee Richards has been in the one-call industry for 40 years. She started her career with Ohio Utilities Protection Service as an operator in 1972. She held several management positions within the organization and has been with the Public Education and Outreach Department since 1997 and managed the department since 2005.
She served 3 years as the Chair of the Mark-It Madness committee of One Calls of America and is past Co-chair of the CGA Educational Programs Committee.
Each year, representatives from OHIO811 and their member utilities participate in dozens of trade shows and community events across the state of Ohio. They interact with thousands of contractors and excavators, vendors, homeowners, farmers and students distributing literature, color-coded cards for locating utility lines and branded merchandise promoting OHIO811 and their “Call 811 before you …
As an excavator, are you familiar with your One Call responsibilities and obligations? The state One Call Centers are designed to foster communication, cooperation, and co-ordination between those who dig (excavators) and those who own or operate underground utility lines (facility owners). Each state has supporting legislation that defines the responsibilities and obligations of excavators, …
