b'LOCATE INSIGHTSwork practice methodology; serviceThe excavator must be aware thatWas the private locate performed offerings; and its acceptancenot all private locate reports arewith or without drawings?of liability or fine print on itscreated equal. Excavators require private locate report. A reputablethe necessary skills to check what isDid the private locator private locate company should bepresented on the locate report, andhave access to the building able to provide this documentationto account for all private buriedmechanical rooms?upon request. facilities in the work area. Did the private locator interview ANSWER ALL QUESTIONSBeing able to check and havethe private landowners opera-The person who is ultimatelythe answers to the followingtions personnel?responsible for digging safelyquestions gives the excavator an around buried facilities is theidea of how much risk is involved Were the private facilities for allexcavator who will be putting thewhen excavating around privatebuildings in and near the work shovel or tooling in the ground.buried facilities:area marked?Have the buried facilities been marked for all nearby above ground utility structures?Are there any limitations noted Distributor for Cable, Pipe &on the report?Fault Locating Equipment If a private locate report does not Distributor for Cable, Pipe &provide the answers to all of these questions, a different private locate Fault Locating Equipmentipe &company should be consulted. Distributor for Cable, P160 Pony Drive, Unit 6A Fault Locating EquipmentNewmarket, ONL3Y 7B6 Negative responses to all, or some, of these questions present 160 Pony Drive, Unit 6Aa limitation for the private locate Tel:905-715-7303Newmarket, ONL3Y 7B6 and increase the risk for the 160 Pony Drive, Unit 6A Fax: 905-715-7305 project. Most of these limitations Newmarket, ONL3Y 7B6Toll Free: 1-877-715-7303 are avoidable and, if managed Tel:905-715-7303Underground Locates, Fax: 905-715-7305 properly, can significantly reduce Tel:905-715-7303 the risk. Nonetheless, there are Email: info@cablemasterinc.com Equipment Sales, Toll Free: 1-877-715-7303 many unavoidable limitations that Fax: 905-715-7305Underground Locates, www.cablemasterinc.com an excavator must be made aware Service & Training Toll Free: 1-877-715-7303Equipment Sales,ocates, Email: info@cablemasterinc.comof and they need to be managed Underground L www.cablemasterinc.com in consultation with the private Service & T Email: info@cablemasterinc.com Equipment Sales,raining landowner. These limitations Service & Training www.cablemasterinc.com include: nonexistent records or drawings; non-toneable facilities; non-functioning or missing tracer wires; and non-conductive buried facilities.When limitations are encountered on private locate projects, they must be managed properly, or the excavator can unknowingly accept the liability for damage to a private facility. When reviewing a private locate report, one must follow proper protocols to manage limitations. The Project Manager should be notified of the limitation, and mechanical excavation activities should not proceed until clear direction is given from the private landowner who is ultimately responsible for its buried utility infrastructure.Grant Piraine is President of Own Your Safety Inc.(grant.piraine@ownyoursafety.com)32H 2 OSWCA Winter 2018-19'