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Contractors tell Senate committee abandoned utility lines pose safety risks; urge action in HB 54
Summary
Representatives of George J. Igel & Co. described multiple incidents where unmarked or improperly abandoned utilities caused hazards, and urged the committee to include provisions in House Bill 54 to improve records, purging and notification around abandoned lines.
Mary Logan Soe, vice president of safety and employee development for George J. Igel & Company Inc., gave extended testimony recounting multiple incidents in which contractors struck unmarked or misidentified abandoned utility lines during excavation.
Soe described several case examples: a crew that struck what was thought to be an abandoned 4-inch gas line but which contained a live 2-inch line fed through the abandoned conduit; a…
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