John Galt
Forward, March
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Happy Camp | Could Happen To Anyone
...doing the same thing.
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Sweet Witch
Be the flame, not the moth.
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join:2003-07-15
Gallifrey
 ·Comcast
| And this is why
You call the utility companies beforehand!! How many times do we have to see the commercials about exactly this thing before we actually do it?
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Bell System
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join:2005-12-04
Strongsville, OH | Killed the gas co. employee
The story reads the Comcast employee was burned, not killed. |
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manfmmd
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join:2003-01-14
Earth
clubs:
2 edits | The Comcast Employee...
lived..
It was the Vectren Employee that died:
Vectren Corp. officials said telephone call recordings indicated the Comcast worker might have damaged the line, and a Vectren Energy Delivery employee was sent to the house.
The employee, Robert “Alan” Dalrymple, 50, was killed in the subsequent blast, along with 75-year-old Emilie Wilson, a resident of the home.
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John Galt
Forward, March
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Happy Camp
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| reply to Sweet Witch
Re: And this is why
said by Sweet Witch  :You call the utility companies beforehand!! Just to clarify...
They will only do the utility side of the meter (gas, electric, whatever). If the line is on the customer side of the meter, then the property owner is responsible for the locating.
The article gives no clue as to what side was punctured...utility or customer.
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rawgerz
In Debt we trust
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Grove City, PA | reply to Sweet Witch
How can you pierce a iron/steel gas line with a 6 foot copper rod? And how did the gas get inside the house from outside? |
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dadarkside
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The Moon | No where in the article does it say
The Comcast employee caused it. What's reported is "speculation" of the initial investigations. |
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kba4
join:2001-10-23
Canton, OH
·RoadRunner Cable
| wow comcast has some bad luck...
either that or we're just not hearing about the TW and Cablevision workers who take naps, and f**k things up... 
what's with the nearly constant slamming of comcast? i agree they're a big and therefore easy target, but since i have to deal with TW and their BS daily, where's my fix?  
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alfnoid
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join:2002-02-18
| reply to rawgerz
Re: And this is why
said by rawgerz :How can you pierce a iron/steel gas line with a 6 foot copper rod? And how did the gas get inside the house from outside? Cause most gas lines put in over the last several years are plastic.
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RIRWIN1983
join:2005-08-30
Columbus, OH | Here come he lawyers
I can smel a wrongfull death lawsuit being hatched by the homowners hudbnd against comcast comming. |
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DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX
| reply to rawgerz
Re: And this is why
said by rawgerz :How can you pierce a iron/steel gas line with a 6 foot copper rod? And how did the gas get inside the house from outside? Incoming gas lines are yellow plastic of some sort, with only the risers at each end being metal. A metal spike hammered into the ground would easily go through this. Given that the ground rod would be within a few inches of the house I would have thought that it wouldn't be too hard for the gas to creep in somehow. |
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HyPeRbAnD
join:2006-01-07
Stow, MA | Thats to bad for their families
Everyone should know about calling to have all UG utilities located before you pound in a ground rod. That is tragic especially during the holiday's. |
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Cod
join:2000-07-05
Greensboro, NC | odd...
Another question is why was he sinking a ground rod? He should attach his ground to the power co ground as to not cause a difference in potential. |
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mwf
join:2000-11-26
Granite Quarry, NC | reply to DMS1
Re: And this is why
The yellow plastic is just sheathing, the actual gas line inside the yellow is metal and flexible. |
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DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX
| said by mwf :The yellow plastic is just sheathing, the actual gas line inside the yellow is metal and flexible. Are you sure? I must admit I have never seen the inside of a gas line here, but I know in England the lines look identical and they are 100% plastic. Are you sure you are not confusing the meter-to-house connection with the main gas lines which can be metal coated in yellow plastic. Even if they are metal, the fact that it is flexible means it is also thin. |
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Trinijoy
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Brick, NJ | God...
Omg that installer is scared for life now.
Literally, and metaphorically. |
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Corehhi
join:2002-01-28
Bluffton, SC | reply to alfnoid
Re: And this is why
Their using hard plastic for gas lines now? I wouldn't call that safe. |
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hopeflicker
Capitalism breeds greed
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Long Beach, CA | reply to Cod
Re: odd...
yeah, when I was an installer they said no more grounding rods. That was great because pounding them into the ground could be a bitch at times.
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Emiya
join:2006-03-30
Southington, OH
| A lot of people to blame.
Maybe I missread the article, but they seemed to know they punctured a gasline and then called the gas company?
First off, yes you should know what's under the ground you're working on before you do stuff like that. But once they knew they possibly hit a gas line, shouldn't the Comcast installer or the tech from Vectren Corp.have them and surrounding houses evacuate? Also, wouldn't they shut off the gas immediately? |
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alfnoid
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join:2002-02-18
| reply to mwf
Re: And this is why
said by mwf :The yellow plastic is just sheathing, the actual gas line inside the yellow is metal and flexible. Sheathing is only on the tracer wire buried with it.
The lines that I have had exposure to are 100% plastic.
In fact, if the tracer wire has been cut you can't even locate the lines and you must dig until you can find the tracer wire to be able to locate it.
(I am a former locator and gas was one of my utilities)
peace |
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