The vast majority of utility locators I have met in more than 30 years of pursuing and defending utility damage claims are conscientious and truly concerned about damage prevention. Every locator’s worst nightmare is that an underground facility he or she is responsible for locating and marking is damaged. When such an incident occurs, the …
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Employee turnover costs real money. For low salary, high turnover positions, the impact can be as much as 16% of annual pay – or about $5,000 to replace someone making $15 an hour. That’s not to mention the drag on your company’s reputation and the strain on supervisors and managers who much constantly contend with …
THE ANNUAL Saskatchewan Common Ground Alliance Contractor Safety Awareness presentation and breakfast in Saskatchewan has been successfully delivering the Dig Safe mantra to front line excavators and contractors for 29 years. This event is sponsored by 15 contributors who own underground facilities and are dedicated to underground infrastructure damage prevention, the prevention of worker injury or …
LSAW / Top 10 Hazards LSAW (Locator Safety Awareness Week), established in 2014 by Infrastructure Resources and endorsed by Nulca, was developed to honor and recognize the important work performed by utility locating professionals. In its 5th year, LSAW is taking place April 22-28, 2018, during the final week of National Safe Digging Month. LSAW gives …
Every year, gas and vapors kill more than 100 workers, 25% of whom are well-intended rescue personnel who entered an unsafe confined space to rescue another person in trouble. Confined spaces are a danger when not ventilated and purged correctly before entry. This danger lurking within many confined spaces is, literally, invisible to the naked …
Providing asset records to all those who need them reduces the risk of utility strikes. Sounds obvious, doesn’t it? As a small island, with a large population and a long industrial history, the UK has many organizations with buried infrastructure; some of which operate working assets that have been in situ for hundreds of years. …
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On January 1, 2016, Ohio began its new enforcement provision for excavating near underground utilities. Ten years in the making, it was time to put all the hard work of creating the enforcement structure into actual practice. Since many states are trending towards this process, we shared what we did with our One Call law, …
Most of the applications for the Internet of Things (IoT) are still in the incubation stage. Whether we want to solve challenges in modern medicine, make our cities easier to navigate, or increase the efficiency of our farmers, there’s still a long road ahead. As network operators and those involved in the trade, the onus …
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A record 800+ damage prevention stakeholders gathered in Phoenix on March 7 for CGA’s 2018 Annual Meeting and Breakfast. Thank you to all who traveled to Phoenix for the 13th Annual CGA 811 Excavation Safety Conference and Expo and helped make the meeting a remarkable success. CGA Award Recipients Hall of Fame Each year, the …
Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) is employing new technology in its continuous efforts to further enhance safety across the more than 4,700 miles of natural gas transmission and distribution lines in its system. The technology consists of a new RF-based marking and locating method for marking the routes of non-conductive buried gas lines, and …
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