1 dial before you dig and safe digging awareness
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DIAL BEFORE YOU DIG
and
SAFE DIGGING
AWARENESS
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Media headlines –
• DIAL BEFORE YOU DIG: WA’s underground safety initiative goes national
• Drillers hit gas pipe
• Telstra line cut costs WA $1 million
• Council bill for gas leak
• Chaos as television link to east severed
• Phone callers silenced by cut cables
How to dig up millions of dollars
www.dialbeforeyoudig.com.au
and LOSE
$$
$
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Dial Before You Dig
What & Where –
A FREE enquiry referral service for member’s information on underground pipes and cables anywhere in Australia
Why –
To prevent damage, disruption, injury and death. That is, to dig without causing a disaster
When –
Call no less than two clear working days before the job is due to start
How –
Web : ‘www.dialbeforeyoudig.com.au
Fax : 1300 652 077 anytime (Standard form available)
Phone: 1100 from 8 am to 5 pm weekdays ( except public holidays)
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Protecting our vital links
•Gas•Water•Sewerage•Drainage•Electricity•Communications•Other pipes & cables
•Never assume the depth, location or alignment of pipes and cables•Plans only indicate presence•Plan ahead and use the 4P’s Safe Digging Guide
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How is the information obtained?
Excavator calls 1100
Enquiry received by Dial Before You Dig
DBYD processes enquiry, determines
which members assets are affected
Member receivesreferral
Are assets affected?
Excavator faxes1300 652 077
Excavator visitswww.dialbeforeyoudig.com.au
Excavator receives confirmation
Excavator receives response that members assets are not affected
Excavator receives details of members
assets
YES
NO
Excavator locates underground assets
& exercises Duty of Care
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Dial Before You Dig WAUnderground Asset Members
Ordinary Members
Alinta TelstraWater Corporation Western Power
Associate Members
AAPT Telecommunications ABN Group TrustAgility Services P/L AMCOM P/LAPT Parmelia Gas AQWEST Bunbury WaterB.P. Oil Refinery Broadcast Engineering Services Busselton Water City of BunburyCity of Swan Claude Group P/LCoogee Chemicals CSBP LtdCurtin University Dept of DefenceDept of Industry & ResourcesDept of Industry & TechnologyDept of Planning & InfrastructureEpic Energy Esperance Pipeline Co.Fremantle Ports GasNet AustraliaGEMEC P/L Harvey WaterLandfill Gas & Power Origin EnergyPeppermint Park Eco Village Perth AirportPerth Sign Company Pilbara Iron P/LShire of Busselton SingTel Optus P/LSwiftel University of WAVisionstream P/L
There are a further 87 Advisory (FREE) Members who network with their groups to promote the service and extend their Duty of Care
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DIAL BEFORE YOU DIG WAENQUIRIES PER YEAR
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
85/8
686
/87
87/8
888
/89
89/9
090
/91
91/9
292
/93
93/9
494
/95
95/9
696
/97
97/9
898
/99
99/0
000
/01
01/0
202
/03
03/0
404
/05
YEARS
EN
QU
IRIE
S
ENQUIRIES / YEAR
BENCHMARK
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Duty of CareDuty of Care
Safe Digging Awareness
Full information is available in the booklet “Introduction to the Dial Before You Dig service and Safe Digging awareness”
•Occupational Safety and Health Act (1984) – under Part 111 – Sections 19 & 20
•Occupational Safety and Health Regulations (1996) – of WorkSafe WA – Regulation 3.21
•Should damage occur, you must advise the asset owner immediately
Safe Digging
•The right people•The right skills•The right information•The use of the 4 P’s –
•Plan •Pothole•Protect and only then•Proceed
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Who benefits from using Dial Before You Dig
and Safe Digging techniques?
WE ALL DO!
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