Utility
or cable strikes are a real problem in the UK. More than 60,000 strikes occur
in a year and some of them turn fatal. Some of the strikes severely injure the
workers and those around the excavation site, whilst some of them temporary
interrupt the utility services and causes discomfort to the people in the
surrounding residential or commercial buildings. But, these strikes are
completely avoidable if only the workers in the excavation site have proper
knowledge of CAT & Genny.
CAT
& Genny are amongst the best utility detection tools available in the
market. Whilst CAT or cable avoidance tool helps in locating underground
services that are switched on, Genny is a signal generator and it helps in the
identification of utility services that are switched off. Genny puts a signal
on those services and allows CAT to detect them. Workers need to have the right
knowledge to safely operate CAT & Genny to prevent cable strikes and
subsequent accidents.
Before
a site is excavated, the engineer must assign a certified surveyor to survey
the area and mark out the places where utility services are buried. Those areas
will have to be avoided by the workers when they are digging.
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