Natural gas notifiable accidents
[ Last Updated 19 January 2010 ]
This is the 1 natural gas notifiable accident for which the investigation was completed between January and March 2009.
1 - Event summary: Gas main struck by digger during work on road intersection.
| Event ID |
081216 03 |
| Event date |
15/12/2008 |
| Site |
Works or Distribution |
| Environment |
Outside Underground |
| Voltage |
230 |
| Equipment |
Other |
| Event |
Network Disruption |
| Casualty |
No casualty |
| Injury |
No injury |
| Property damage level |
Restricted to the direct vicinity of the equipment |
| Outcome of investigation |
Work had been going on at this intersection for some time. There were full sets of plans on site and there had been numerous safe excavations of services. On the trench involved in this strike, a fibre optic cable had been safely dug around but for some reason the digger driver had not been briefed on the gas line. |
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