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

 

hahaha damn.

 

holy crap!

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

holy ----!