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Many Dead in Mexico Pipeline Blast

21/1/2019

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Whilst this sad incident was not as a result of excavation damage it is a reminder of the catastrophe that can be caused by the rupture of a fuel pipeline. Recent near misses and damages in the UK and New Zealand prove that this is a key risk to the excavation and farming industry in an industrialized nation with the potential to kill many and inconvenience large sectors of the community and economy.

Remember that high pressure fuel and gas pipes criss cross the nation both in the road and on private and agricultural land. For any works big or small, public or private you MUST check for their presence and ensure that your area of works has been swept and confirmed clear of pipes like this or any other utilities.

​If any are present you must liase directly with the pipeline owner before beginning work. We send our condolences that those affected by this terrible incident and hope that by highlighting these we can spread the word of planning your work and conducting it safely so that we can minimize or even eliminate the tragic consequences that can occur from excavation damage.
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2015/16 Strike Damages Report

8/1/2019

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The latest biennial strike damage report has now been published. This report summarises the key findings of over 2700 utility strikes across the UK during 2015 & 16 from 32 participants. It highlights what caused the most damages and provides scope and recommendations to:

Avoid future damages
Improve the ability to analyse the strike data in future years
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It builds on the previous reports prepared in 2013 & 14 and provides a comparison against the previous year’s (2014) data. Many issues were replicated across the periods which strengthens the conclusions made.

Please take the time to download and read the report and share the key finding across your organisation in order to reduce the risk of strikes this year. The next request for strike data submissions from 2017 and 2018 will be made soon. Please ensure your organisation endeavours to submit this data as it is key to understanding the primary areas of focus for risk reduction. Requests for data submission forms can be made to
info@utilitystrikeavoidancegroup.org.

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    Phil Cornforth is a Damage Prevention, Health and Safety professional working in the construction and utility industry.  He sits on the USAG Steering Group.  The USAG has one goal - to avoid utilities and so prevent injury, damage, disruption and raise the standards of our industry.

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