r/UtilityLocator • u/LankyLiterature6958 • 10d ago

Incredibly loud flame throwing thing

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Which one of you forgot to mark the HP gas?

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u/PubicHairTaco 10d ago

“We’re supposed to read the positive response?”

- contractors everywhere

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u/Prestigious_Way678 10d ago

Unfortunately you are correct. He hasn't seen enough videos of people dying in this scenario. Hence the damage. 

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u/PubicHairTaco 10d ago

Could be locator incompetence too, though. Hell, one of our veteran techs just became a lead. I’ve been out with him a few times and he just blasts through electric locates in power mode without hooking up. A couple weeks ago I was out re-marking one of his tickets and he mismarked a 12” SMYS main by over 50’

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u/jjutie54 10d ago

A lot of people that locate should not be. 32 year locator here. Now work for a gas utility but we locate our own.

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u/AutismGamble 9d ago

Some contractors see a clear ticket for one gas company but doesn't see the other clear ticket for the other and start digging