Well, someone died, so... On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM Jason McKemie < [email protected]> wrote:
> You know when there was a NTSB investigation it likely wasn't cheap. Ouch. > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2026, 11:22 AM Steve Jones <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 >>> >> -- >> 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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