Page 27 - Louisiana 811 Magazine 2019 Issue 1

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mu mmcmhu hmhg at my these and lcammg about hazards and
desk that day Whm Lhm Wm proteetrons some good praenees
the ~‘e-Ind of-1 large apparent 1 Yrcpare an Emugcncv Aetron nan
L‘xplo~Ion. strangely tlu~ was not ,0, am 10,, A, P,§.pa,hm,'h, mww
uneomrnunwur otfiee was next door the plan deenments tor the toeatmn
‘ to a trash eempaetmn stat-en whteh ofr1llL‘xhl|ng ntrhtres and the speeatre
1 , Per-ed-eally blew up when tome -tern lncauon~ fur the work to he pertormed
,\ that wn~ not tuppmed to be In the A preptanmng mtetmg wnh ntrhty
“‘ ‘ eomvaeter se-nehnw made it Into the onmers that havn taerhtres m the drg
‘{ x. _ mmvaeter But th-S t-me W-t~ d-fterent area would he a prudent move as weu.
. If€=:- t‘ o The ground and the bmldmg an shook 2 N If d k ‘h 1 ‘ d
-: I . '- . dgnxfltanlly desprte the sound itsett 1» t 3' an Wer wt any -~* e
I * uzemmg drstant. wrthnr an mrnntes, we Ptvehne operators In yetrr ereavat-en
/ * ‘ heard the ncw~ that there had been an etee “:t>ttf¥kthet}t1t at 3‘'‘’‘" Sweeter:
,._\,.. . ex loslun nuaxlv 15 me. r1wa',and|t typeo wot me e u e an tyveo
. '9 W; “Ohm ' ’ ;on~nucu?x;c:l1lu1pmnn| used <e.)g,
’ xmcllona n vL‘r~ua 0 en cut .
I‘ Two workers zunnmg a hnudozer wrth P
a npper attaehment, pzcpaung tor the 3 Mk the Ptpehne evemtor If they
rnstanatnan at a trher opuc hne, had Wt" have R revretentatrve there (tn
_ mphmd h Z5_mh Eh, hhh,,hh,,hh eertarn eases, tederat law may mandate
» \, ‘ ~ hne. The gas transnnssmn hne E reP{e~entatwe bent: on ~'-te when
ens.-erossed the propuutd cxcavauun Werkms tn Pmrtmtty t0 a P-Pehne)
~ilc. The exptesron and ensuing fim had he yett awreaehr rhs ever and work
. hterauy eonsnmed therr hedres, lcavmg tmrneehately past the" the-httem lnv-te
. ,1 1' only sman P110 or ash Something had them toe safety meettng-
' " h V gone very wrong There we mueh 4 contaet the appmprmlc emergency
. ,‘; ~'r>ee-rlatmn rezarrhng the fame and medreat responders tor the ~Ilc(s) so
drttermg eonehrsnans were reached. that my in Mm cf your ‘Mk
- Th“ and “uh, Mm formed my Also, rnvrte them for a ~r1f2tymv:L‘l|ng.
\ ' yrews toward satety and toward A~ eontmetersr we get numb to’
cxcavr1l|v.m Although retrred trom the the tnttKeete~ 0* the alter hut rt -‘tr~t
- ' -~ . dr1y-to-daynpcml|un,Iam pnvxlngud to re~'P°t-der ee-rung there for the hr~t

at on Oh|u’~ one can Law zniorcumunl “me Wt“ Wt he

board And as I hear eemplarnts where 5 Mhmmg mm, hhd phhmhg
exeattatm are worktna around medium hnddnes bncomn even more errtreax
and h-ah Pm*5‘"“ srt~1tne~r‘thm|< heek dunng n><cr1vam.m.Theum£lo~1to

to thrs mndcnt and others hkn rt. Lhh, huddh W,“ he ,m,Pmmd by

The rules and sateguords as wen as tmvroved Predueth-M

the best praetrees tor workmg around 6 Report my dhmhgm, “Md 0, Mn
underground ntrhtres are entreat and au hhhmh h, the hmhh, Wm Damage,
exeavators shentd rmderstand the nsks Mn [0 the Pmmm mhhg on ‘he
they take the r-»~'1<~' that thetr emPle¥ee~ p|pL‘lme, ran cauu: eatastrophre iaxlum
and the pubhc are exposed to and dhwh the ,Wh

the proper methods to avoid them.

A mph, u,,dm,ahd,hg 0, ,hc 311 Control au of the vanablm you ean and
proees. rs a guud start, yet the rules ter be prepared for the unexpected» There
mm..,,g m.,..d Ea. hm, in mm are many best praetrees and thi~ art.e1e
complex and more demandmg and tor only representt a few» Setttng yetrnelt
good ,m.,.., up for sneeess rs entreat to a good
smee zoua, PHMSA1\ao eorsponsored °"'°°"'° W

RP 1162 workshops (RP for Mv l_q17n>(trvHvrvtmtt1tv<xuttpmeumtttxflm marry
Rncummcndnd Pzaniccs). There rs a has in . Mt rat. tan. )9" man‘ mm is 1/Mn
great deal ofbcncfit trem attendmg

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