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Since its launch in May, the 811 campaign has continued to gain acceptance. Visit the Common Ground Alliance website for more info and to read the their latest newsletter. 2008 Excavation Safety Guide
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Order your copies of the 2008 Excavation Safety Guide. Incorporate your organization\\\'s message by customizing the publication. Up to eight pages of custom pages are available. Trench collapse kills 3 workers!
Trio buried under eight feet of dirt, wet clay; safety devices missing from area
Valerie Wells • Hattiesburg American • March 22, 2008
No required safety devices were in a collapsed trench that killed three workers Friday morning at the Hattiesburg-Forrest County Industrial Park Damaged lines from digging are down 31%
Utilities aims to educate contractors; city can impose tough penalties
Pam Zubek • The Gazette • April 20, 2008
If a backhoe operator doesn\'t know what\'s underground, it could spell disaster for him, his crew and the people in the neighborhood.
Staying Safe Around Power Lines
DTE Energy • DTE Energy • April 28, 2008
As another Michigan planting season
gets under way, DTE Energy reminds customers to watch for power lines
overhead and utility lines underground when working near the house or out
in the field.
Third Undersea Internet Cable Cut in Mideast
CNN\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Elham Nakhlawi, Mustafa Al Arab, Caroline Faraj, Tess Eastment, • CNN • February 1, 2008
An undersea cable carrying Internet traffic was cut off the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai, officials said Friday, the third loss of a line carrying Internet and telephone traffic in three days.
Ships have been dispatched to repair two undersea cables damaged on Wednesday off Egypt.
One Call Network designed to avert accidents.
The following article appeared in the Rankin Ledger (MS) on April 29, 2008. It was a Special to The Clinton News. • May 1, 2008
Mississippi has taken a major step to increase public safety and decrease costs associated with construction project accidents by passing a law to expand the state\\\\\\\'s \\\\\\\"One Call\\\\\\\" network, officials with Atmos Energy said.
Plumber electrocuted digging trench in West Philadelphia
Andrew Maykuth • The Philadelphia Inquirer • June 4, 2008
A plumber excavating a trench in West Philadelphia was electrocuted yesterday after striking a 13,000-volt underground power line Gas Leak Prompts Closure of Street
Bartow • The Ledger.com • May 8, 2008
On Tuesday afternoon, the city evacuated three businesses in that downtown area for about an hour while workers from Central Florida Gas repaired the broken line. Australia is digging the dirt on safety
Dandenong Star - Pakenham, Victoria, Australia • May 28, 2008
WorkSafe is urging workers who have to dig underground to avoid risk of serious injury or death Residents Back In Homes After Clearwater Gas Leak
TBO.com • May 15, 2008
A construction crew working in a residential area of Clearwater accidently broke a gas line this afternoon, prompting the evacuation of several homes. Gas leak on east side prompts evacuation of homes, businesses
Jeff Ducharme • Telegraph-Journal • May 15, 2008
A gas leak on Westmorland Road caused city police and fire to evacuate a number of houses and businesses and close down a section of the east side street Wednesday morning in the middle of rush hour.
Redmond natural gas leak shuts eight blocks
Kelsey Watts, KTVZ.COM • KTVZ.COM
It was a busy Monday morning for work crews in Redmond, after a contractor accidentally struck a major natural gas line.
CRAWFORD COUNTY : OSHA to analyze collapse of trench
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE • July 1, 2008
A federal investigator is in Crawford County looking into the trench collapse that killed one worker and injured another last week, according to the Crawford County sheriff’s office.
Westfield Firefighters Battle Gas Leak Fire at Construction Site
Nate Walsh • ABC 40 • June 24, 2008
Construction crews working on a new Holiday Inn Tuesday morning near the Massachusetts Turnpike ruptured a gas line, which then ignited from the heat of nearby machinery, according to a city fire official.
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