https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/PAB1802.pdf
this one had the most expensive price paid On Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 9:39 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > Wasn't there a Batman villain Mr. Freeze? > > -----Original Message----- > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chris Fabien > Sent: Friday, April 3, 2026 9:20 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] most expensive directional boring oops > > Worst hit we've had was a single phase primary, cost was around $3000. > We hit an 8" water main once, but skated out of getting charged due to > poor locates (although we did know it was there) The worst hits seem to > involve large amounts of water or gas usually with gas having much higher > risk of loss of life. > We have crossed a few pipelines with various hazardous hydrocarbons, that > depending what they happen to be running today, a break could instantly > freeze solid anything within a few hundred feet. > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 8:42 AM Mark Radabaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I don’t think anyone has beat a OmniFiber contractor in New Philadelphia > that hit a water main and a gas main all on the same shot, and managed to > connect the two pipelines together in the process. Injected water into > hundreds of homes in the middle of winter. The lawsuits are not even > close to settled over that one. This is an early version of the story: > https://www.timesreporter.com/story/news/local/2025/01/30/enbridge-customers-in-new-philadelphia-lose-service-after-line-damaged/78053193007/ > > > > Mark > > > > On Apr 2, 2026, at 3:22 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What is the most expensive incident you (or a company you know) has > encountered, where your boring crew hit something? > > > > I’m just curious because an FTTH company (not us) in the next town over > hit an 8” water main causing the loss of 390,000 gallons of water and > damaging at least 60 feet of roadway. Reportedly it was properly marked > and the boring rig went too deep. > > > > I’m guessing this isn’t the worst or most expensive thing that’s ever > happened. Hitting a gas main sounds like it could be bad. > > -- > > AF mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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