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| Welcome to National Grid’s Tips of the Trade. National Grid is committed to your safety, and
these tips are intended to help you work safely near our facilities. Please review these tips
with your coworkers at your tailgate or toolbox meetings before work begins. |
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| Use our checklists to help you dig safely |
| Underground utility contacts cost contractors and utility owners millions of dollars in repair
and service disruption costs every year. Not only that, but workers who contact buried
utilities put themselves and the public at risk of injury or death. It’s your responsibility to
dig safely to protect yourself, your crew and the public. |
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| Your step-by-step guides for safe excavation |
| National Grid’s safe excavation checklists can help. Use them as your step-by-step guides to help prevent dangerous and costly damage to underground natural gas pipelines, electric power lines and other utilities. |
Upstate New York Checklist
Downstate New York Checklist
Massachusetts and Rhode Island Checklist |
| View these checklists online, or print and distribute them to your crews and coworkers before starting any excavation, demolition or earth-moving project. |
| Topics covered |
| Our checklists cover the basic steps for all non-emergency excavations and include essential tips on these important topics: |
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811 notification and wait times |
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Pre-marking requirements |
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Working near critical underground utilities |
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Dig-ticket expiration timeframes |
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Unmarked facilities and inaccurate markings |
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The tolerance zone and visual verification |
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Supporting exposed gas pipelines |
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Cast iron pipeline precautions |
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What to do if you contact a gas pipeline |
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| For more contractor safety information, visit ngridsafety.com. |
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| Call 811 or enter an online request at least 72 hours before digging in Massachusetts and Rhode Island (excluding weekends and legal holidays) and at least two full working days in New York (excluding the date of your call, weekends and legal holidays).
It’s the law! |
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| To report emergencies, call 911 and National Grid immediately. |
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