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E ‘ I [happened The thing you
_ I dread most as an excavator:
L . 5- . ._ vl. - a utility strike. Nnbody on
I j« ‘ $31 the eh; site was imured, but
everyone .5 shaken. ‘(nu guy.-
lucked out (I115 time. But what do
5 ._ V you up to help LhEs1tI1ariun7YDuz
1-_ » , - V ““““ ’ *‘ *- *— nzxlsleps cnuld help we livea and
:_ ,_ , _ : < . prevent future acndents.
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.. , V. ' ‘,1 ‘ ' ' ‘ -«:3 \ —-. uccnsionnlutxlxtyslrike due.-
. 2» >* . '_’_‘ . . -.-V ‘ ' uecur, nccurdingln Waller
‘ , ’ Chilmm, director ui safety and
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‘ ,.»' V ' ’ ' V. xnvemgnte.
‘ _ ”Wh2n there's n .-mke and the
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. ' 11's goud to nomy them, and call
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, n »g;‘.;_ \ 17,1‘ — r._ a gas urliquxd ruelhne, they must
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u=.‘,7— 4;: ; -"' y~.- ' , ‘ . #5 Walter,whol1aab2enwitl1I’un|olo:
~ ‘ 4; ..f_~: ’ ' , _ . '_ ; mas years, and has worked in
~ ‘ _._. , - -:2 ‘-- _ , e ‘ safety since 1994, said he mes Iogzl
' . ' ' N - - ' _- - tulhz scene as quxckly aspossxblfi,
_ - ~ _. _- .' befurz anything has‘ changed. But
' »\ -‘ , ,, _ even befure he gels to the scene, he
. ' . -~ ; ~ gets inconlactwith the one Call
\ "2 7 center m gel vnal details nbuul the
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‘ . - 1 locale nest
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5:5‘. in-_/" "'21- - Q; ' .e r eupy of the uckzl fmm Mi.s'.sis~'1pp1
“'7‘¥¢“.>- . ,. e .si'.' , 311 nndmake sumitwas marked
“Y ' '-..; . r ; _.'«,> properly/'}|e.s'a1d. "sumzbody
j‘ ='. _. ~, 2» ’_ . _ ~ - .v mapped the hnusu.newhere,nnd
\ ‘ , ‘ , ., ‘-1 ‘ we want In ate What was done
_ é’ _. V V ‘— ,. Wrongand conzclxlwwe can
5 e ’ ‘ ,_ ‘ '__~ *' ” r przvznlxlimm happening again
‘ 2; ":4 . — Iincuslomzr has something, they
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’ 3 _ _. . »-:. - .| marked.”
. , 4| _ The am few minutes surrounding
. ‘ ‘ a utility amkz are the most
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