April is National Safe Digging Month
Monday, April 9, 2012
April is National Safe Digging Month and we’re reminding residents and businesses to call 811 to have underground utility lines marked for free before starting that yard project or beginning work at construction sites. Regardless of the size of your project, calling 811 will help avoid possible injury or damage to hidden electric or natural gas lines and prevent service interruption.
A utility line is damaged by digging once every three minutes nationwide, and many of these incidents are caused by failure of the professional excavator or homeowner to call 811 before beginning their digging project.
Before digging in their yard, place of business or the street, residents and business owners should mark the proposed excavation area, and call 811 at least two business days before the project is set to begin.
Each utility will then locate and mark the underground lines, pipes and cables they own within your project area.
No damage to gas lines is too small to report. Even a slight gouge, scrape or dent to a pipeline or coating may cause a dangerous break or leak in the future. If a homeowner or excavator causes what seems to be only minor damage to a pipeline or a component attached to a pipeline, they should call LG&E at 502-589-3500 to report it.
A utility line is damaged by digging once every three minutes nationwide, and many of these incidents are caused by failure of the professional excavator or homeowner to call 811 before beginning their digging project.Before digging in their yard, place of business or the street, residents and business owners should mark the proposed excavation area, and call 811 at least two business days before the project is set to begin.
Each utility will then locate and mark the underground lines, pipes and cables they own within your project area.
No damage to gas lines is too small to report. Even a slight gouge, scrape or dent to a pipeline or coating may cause a dangerous break or leak in the future. If a homeowner or excavator causes what seems to be only minor damage to a pipeline or a component attached to a pipeline, they should call LG&E at 502-589-3500 to report it.
