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Excavation Safety Starts with You
Preventing excavation incidents is our responsibility and our top priority. Let’s make it yours, too.
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Avoid Excavation Incidents
Striking or damaging an underground gas line is extremely dangerous. Before digging, always dial 811. A representative will work with you to specifically locate marked and unmarked utility lines. Take a proactive and preventative approach by contacting 811 two full business days before your project start date.
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Practice Safe Excavation
After consulting an FPU representative, proceed with caution. Become familiar with “Tolerance Zones” and operate accordingly. Also, be sure to use proper excavation methods and tools. And, please remember, it is your responsibility to notify the Member Operator of any contact to their line.
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Help Protect the Communities We Serve
Consider this critical information as your friendly reminder regarding underground utility and natural gas line safety. Take the time to review excavation precautions to better protect individuals and families from the dangers associated. Let us hold each other accountable as we work to improve public safety.
Know what’s below.
Call 811 Before You Dig.
Dig Carefully
Flag Tolerance Zone
Once the underground line is marked, you must take care when excavating around a marked underground line. When excavating within 24 inches of either side of a mark for an underground line (known as the “Tolerance Zone”), excavators must use safe excavation practices such as potholing, hand digging or vacuum excavation methods. You must use caution when working around an exposed underground line, and you must notify the Member Operator of any contact to its lines.
Marking is approximate. Dig carefully near flags.
Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act
Florida Statutes, Chapter 556 – Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act, lists all of the guidelines that excavators and Member Operators must abide by to safely address digging near and around underground lines. Also included in this rule are the penalties and fines for noncompliance with these regulations.
Contact FPU
For more information or if you would like to have an FPU representative come and meet with you or your team regarding underground natural gas lines, please contact us using this form.
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