Trends in Utility Damages for 2011

TRENDS IN UTILITY DAMAGES FOR 2011 POSITIVES + 207,779 NUMBER OF EVENTS SUBMITTED TO DIRT FOR 2011 FROM THOSE IN CANADA AND US 100,0004 MORE EVENTS WERE SUBMITTEO TO DIRT IN 2011 THAN WERE SUBMITTED IN 2010 T% 80% KOUT CAISE CIMPARED TO 64 FOR 2010 INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS OF RECORDS SUBMITTED NEGATIVES 11 STATES BELIEVED TO HAVE ALL OR THE MAJORITY OF SUCH DAMAGES REPORTED (BASED ON LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS)-COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, GEORGIA, KANSAS, MASACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW MEXICO, TEXAS, VÍRGINIA, VERMONT, AND WEST VIRGINIA. 6% DROP IN TOTAL NUMBER OF DAMAGES WHERE "FAILURE TO CALL THE 811/ONE CALL CENTER "WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE ROOT CAUSE 5.10 330,000 50,000 DAMAGES PER 1.,000 TICKETS (BASED ON INFORMATION FROM 34 STATES) ESTIMATE OF TOTAL UNDERGROUND EXBAVATION DAMAGES IN THE US OF THE DAMAGES REPORTED TO DIRT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD NOTIFICATIONS BEEN MADE DISTRIBUTION OF KNOWN EVENTS BY ROOT CAUSE GROUP OTHER; 10% LOCATING PRACTICES NOT SUFFICIENT, 22% EXCAVATION PRACTICES NOT SUFFICIENT: 41% EXCAVATION PRACTICES NOT SUFFICIENT: 41% "A LOCATE REQUEST REMAINS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT UNDERGROUND EXCAVATION DAMAGES." 31% TOOCCODIS OF ALL UNDERGROUND EXCAVATION DAMAGES IN 2011 COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY OBTAINING A LOCATE REQUEST. <1% OF UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS THAT ARE PRECEDED BY A LOCATE REQUEST RESULT IN DAMAGES DAMAGE ROOT CAUSE GROUP [BY FACILITY) EXCAVATION PRACTICE NOT SUFFICIENT ОТНERS LOCATING PRACTICE NOT SUFFICIENT NOTIFICATION NOT MADE CABLE TV NATURAL GAS TELECOM ELECTRIC OTHERS 48% 30% OF THE TOTAL EVENTS REPORTED CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO REGIONSA AND B OF THE REPORTED EVENTS OCCURRED IN PUBLIC CITY STREET ROW (RIGHT-OF-WAY). DISTRIBUTION OF EVENTS BY OCSI REGION REGION 3 REGION REGION 5 REGION1 REGION 2 REGION 8 REGION 6 REGION 4 OCSI REGION NO, OF EVENTS SHARE 14,618 79% 36,004 17% 55,022 26% 7,480 4% 6,451 22.773 11% 43.868 21% 21,523 10% DISTRIBUTION OF EVENTS BY tt) ROOT CAUSE BY OCSI REGION EXCAVATION PRACTIČE NOT SUFFICIENT REGION 1 NORTHEAST US REGION 5 PLAINS US NOTIFICATION NOT MADE LOCATING PRACTICE NOT SUFFICIENT NOTIFICATION NOT MADE EXCAVATION PRACTICE NOT SUFFICIENT REGION 2 M-ATLANTIC US REGION 6 SOUTHWEST US LOCATING PRACTICE NOT SUFFICIENT MISCELLANEOUS ROOT CAUSE OTHERS REGION 3 SOUTHEAST US REGION 7 NORTMMESTOS REGION 8 REGION 4 GREAT LAKES US CANADA "MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCES ARE APPARENT AND MAY SUGGEST THE NEED TO DEVELOP UNDERGROUND EXCAVATION DAMAGE PREVENTION BEST PRACTICES SPECIFIC TO SOME GEOGRAPHIES." SOURCE LINK: HTTP://WWW.COMMONGROUNDALLIANCE.COM/ "CGA DIRT VOLUME 9. RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2012- PRODUCED BY UTILITY LOCATING HEADQUARTERS 811 Know what's below. Call before you dig. HTTP://WWW.UTILITYLOCATINGHO.COM