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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

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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!