HMT-Admin

There is a law in the USA (and Canada) requiring
that you call for underground utility locations
before you do any excavation.

The pictures below are a result of a farmer using
a post hole digger without calling for "locates"
and he hit an underground, high-pressure cross
country gas pipe.

Had to be one of those gas powered augers, either free-standing or on a tractor.

Supposedly there was no trace of the farmer or his equipment...

It also took out 2 homes...
Take a look for yourself...















Thanks to GTcars for the pics

moto21dx

hahaha damn.

boosted-t

holy crap!

flashmntbiker

There was a house in my town that blew up from someone pulling a 1 inch gas line off a 3 inch main and the gas followed the loose dirt and the gas seeped threw the cinder block foundation.

Udig failed to mark the T and the excavator didn't know what they were doing and just started yanking when they snagged the line.

Only one person was killed.

greeenie

thats nutty, def gonna start calling before i dig now.... no sense dying

texinteg

I just went to an 811 conference for work the other week and they showed pics like this.

sanjiyan69

holy ----!