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Call 811 at least two full business days before excavating.
Wait until all buried utilities are marked with paint and/or flags.
Dig and Excavate Safely, within the parameters of the One Call ticket.
Kinetica Emergency Phone Numbers: (337) 312-2101 or Toll Free (855) 395-3958
Pipeline safety is a shared responsibility
There are over 2.5 million miles of pipelines in the US according to the Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
GulfSafe reports 35,000 miles of pipeline just in the Gulf of Mexico. Every six minutes an underground utility line is damaged by someone who did not call 811 before digging, according to CGA’s DIRT report. Louisiana State Law requires contacting the 811 at least 2 full business days prior to a planned excavation.
According to Louisiana State Law, an “excavation” means any operation causing movement or removal of earth, rock, or other materials in or on the ground or submerged in a marine environment that could reasonably result in damage to underground or submerged utilities or facilities by the use of powered or mechanical or manual means, including but not limited to pile driving, digging, blasting, augering, boring, back filling, dredging, compaction, plowing-in, trenching, ditching, tunneling, land-leveling, grading, and mechanical probing.
For more information, or to schedule a free presentation please contact Kinetica’s Damage Prevention Department. (985) 223-6145 Louisiana 811 • 19
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