Striking Underground Services Can Cause Considerable Injury

Whenever you are undertaking any form of excavation it is essential to take every possible precaution to avoid hitting any underground services. This can be a major danger to health, as striking an electricity cable or a gas pipe can easily cause serious injury to workers or passers-by and occasionally results in fatalities.

It is not just electricity and gas pipes which can cause injury. If you hit a water main where the water is under pressure it can hurl stones out of the ground at speed which can also cause injury. It can result in flooding as well. As for striking a sewer pipe, that is not something that anyone would want to think about.

This is why there is so much work to do before undertaking any form of excavation. The work needs to be planned and STATS, or plans, obtained from the utility suppliers. However, these are not always accurate, nor necessarily complete, so it is essential to undertake a survey of the area using some of the tools designed especially for the purpose.

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