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Council workers slice through electricity cables
8:53am Tuesday 23rd October 2007
Comments (35)COUNCIL diggers have cut through power cables in York twice in the past year, causing power cuts and sparking special investigations.
The first occurred last December and the second in April of this year, a report to ruling City of York councillors states.
Measures to avoid such accidents have now been stepped up, while electricity bosses have provided the authority with a complete, detailed map of all power lines in the city, to try to prevent any recurrence.
Terry Collins, director of neighbourhood services at the council, said today: "Both incidents were reported to the Health and Safety Executive and the council's health and safety team carried out a detailed internal investigation in both cases."
In the first incident, a council worker was using a saw when he cut through a cable in Tennyson Avenue, leading to an "interruption" in the power supply.
The worker was taken to hospital and checked over, but sustained no injuries.
The second incident was four months later in Hatfield Walk, Acomb, when someone using a "petrol-driven breaker" hit a cable. Again, the power was interrupted and the worker was uninjured.
The report to councillors said: "Neighbourhood services experienced two incidents of road diggers striking power cables. The procedures we have in place to avoid these type of incidents have now been checked and reinforced. NEDL have also provided the council with a detailed map of all power cable lines, which should effectively address the problem."
A council spokeswoman said: "The description of digger' is perhaps slightly misleading - the incidents involved digging, rather than mechanical diggers."
The report of the accidents was contained in the recent performance and financial monitor, presented to the council's ruling executive.
The April incident saw power disconnected for almost eight hours, and affected between 30 and 60 customers.
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Miss Amelia Rate, YORK says...
9:15am Tue 23 Oct 07
andyb, york says...
9:16am Tue 23 Oct 07
People who are using spades are digging, therefore they are diggers. It`s a bit early though.
Jo, York says...
9:27am Tue 23 Oct 07
bjb, York says...
9:34am Tue 23 Oct 07
A saw or patrol driver breaker is not a spade.
bjb, York says...
9:34am Tue 23 Oct 07
CB-Cold, York says...
9:47am Tue 23 Oct 07
andyb, york says...
9:59am Tue 23 Oct 07
read-all-about-it, Haxby says...
9:59am Tue 23 Oct 07
How lucky are they?
Mind you, it certainly made Smiler Terry's hair stand on end!
bjb, York says...
10:11am Tue 23 Oct 07
I am told there places in Leeds where you can, along with many other fantasies that turn you on.
andyb, york says...
10:20am Tue 23 Oct 07
andyb, york says...
10:28am Tue 23 Oct 07
akuma, York says...
10:38am Tue 23 Oct 07
for example "let us stay in our home" and "farmers son drives like a tw@t" all closed?
Boring!
read-all-about-it, Haxby says...
10:50am Tue 23 Oct 07
Press editorial control gone too far again.
This is an insult to all genuine site users who wish to comment on the really meaningful stories which concern us.
Notjimbhobs_mate, York says...
10:59am Tue 23 Oct 07
This message has been brought to you by Notjimbhobs_mate's reasoned, peaceful inner self who hasn't been harrassed in anyway shape or form today and is feeling good about life, the universe and everything else. normal service will be resumed shortly
Broderick, Appletree Village says...
11:03am Tue 23 Oct 07
thats what i want to know.
akuma, York says...
11:08am Tue 23 Oct 07
Broderick wrote:Did they get pulled?
why did the comments get pulled on the thermal lingerie story yesterday? thats what i want to know.
All I said was that
"I would" or "I wood"
depending on how your brain works!
It's seems Miss Nomates has neglected to comment lately, I'm sure being a girl isn't that bad?
Notjimbhobs_mate, York says...
11:11am Tue 23 Oct 07
Broderick wrote:What the hell did I miss yesterday?! Thermal Lingerie!!!
why did the comments get pulled on the thermal lingerie story yesterday? thats what i want to know.
dear lord, why did I make myself work yesterday!!!!!!
akuma, York says...
11:13am Tue 23 Oct 07
Notjimbhobs_mate wrote:It was a left over saturday story that dissappeared about 10am monday, I managed to get a comment in before it vansihed, the models were very tasty!
Broderick wrote: why did the comments get pulled on the thermal lingerie story yesterday? thats what i want to know.What the hell did I miss yesterday?! Thermal Lingerie!!! dear lord, why did I make myself work yesterday!!!!!!
Notjimbhobs_mate, York says...
11:15am Tue 23 Oct 07
bjb, York says...
12:13pm Tue 23 Oct 07
You must have found the number 42 today.
Notjimbhobs_mate, York says...
12:22pm Tue 23 Oct 07
bjb wrote:I did... it was a very profound moment!
Notjimbhobs_mate. You must have found the number 42 today.
Rantin Reg, Selby says...
1:10pm Tue 23 Oct 07
Noddy1, York says...
1:53pm Tue 23 Oct 07
"Terry Collins, director of neighbourhood services at the council, said today: "Both incidents were reported to the Health and Safety Executive and the council's health and safety team carried out a detailed internal investigation in both cases."
I wonder if Mr Collins will be smiling when he realizes that the Utility services give you plans ahead of time, if you ask for them, so you don't hit underground services and if the suspect that there is services underground there are detectors to show were the utilities are.
MORONS!!
Mister Sheen, Right round the house says...
2:23pm Tue 23 Oct 07
COUNCIL diggers have cut through power cables in York twice in the past year, causing power cuts and sparking special investigations.
Tee hee - very good YCP!
Mister Sheen, Right round the house says...
2:23pm Tue 23 Oct 07
COUNCIL diggers have cut through power cables in York twice in the past year, causing power cuts and sparking special investigations.
Tee hee - very good YCP!
Jumping Jan, Out in the sticks says...
4:37pm Tue 23 Oct 07
Noddy1 wrote:You are the moron the CAT (cable avoidance tool) only tells you that there is a pipe - it doesn't tell you what the pipe carries. And even when they are uncovered some pipes are so old they aren't even colour coded as they usually are now so you still can't tell what they carry.
"Terry Collins, director of neighbourhood services at the council, said today: "Both incidents were reported to the Health and Safety Executive and the council's health and safety team carried out a detailed internal investigation in both cases."I wonder if Mr Collins will be smiling when he realizes that the Utility services give you plans ahead of time, if you ask for them, so you don't hit underground services and if the suspect that there is services underground there are detectors to show were the utilities are. MORONS!!
GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT
Ethel Teeth, Clifton says...
4:51pm Tue 23 Oct 07
Noddy1, York says...
5:02pm Tue 23 Oct 07
Jumping Jan wrote:Well Jan thanks for your knowledgeable insite. I have only worked in the industry for 25 years.
Noddy1 wrote:You are the moron the CAT (cable avoidance tool) only tells you that there is a pipe - it doesn't tell you what the pipe carries. And even when they are uncovered some pipes are so old they aren't even colour coded as they usually are now so you still can't tell what they carry. GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT"Terry Collins, director of neighbourhood services at the council, said today: "Both incidents were reported to the Health and Safety Executive and the council's health and safety team carried out a detailed internal investigation in both cases."I wonder if Mr Collins will be smiling when he realizes that the Utility services give you plans ahead of time, if you ask for them, so you don't hit underground services and if the suspect that there is services underground there are detectors to show were the utilities are. MORONS!!
Has dial before you dig or hand dig or NEW ROADS AND STREET WORKS ACT 1991 - SECTION 84
MEASURES NECESSARY WHERE APPARATUS IS AFFECTED BY MAJOR WORKS ring any bells with you. You may be SHOCKED that when it comes to things like this I MAY KNOW MY FACTS.
Sorry didn't mean to bite!!!!
Jumping Jan, Out in the sticks says...
5:11pm Tue 23 Oct 07
read-all-about-it, Haxby says...
6:43pm Tue 23 Oct 07
Wouldn't like to cross her!
Noddy1, York says...
6:58pm Tue 23 Oct 07
read-all-about-it wrote:No she seems to close to this job.....
Seems like Jan's jumpin' all right. Wouldn't like to cross her!
Your right Jan don't believe every thing the press writes but you can give me one credit, as you wrote in your earlier rant
You are the moron the CAT (cable avoidance tool)
This tool helps locate electric or B.T cables through detecting a Current of electricity.
AM I RIGHT?
So why didn't they use one if they didn't have the electricical underground service plans????
Gardener, York says...
10:33pm Tue 23 Oct 07
york1900, York says...
9:30am Wed 24 Oct 07
Rolling Stone, At the foot of the stairs says...
2:51pm Wed 24 Oct 07
york1900 wrote:See Jumping Jan - the council didn't do any digging. The pipe was uncovered and the workers told that it was the water mains pipe. And don't believe the lie about 'no injuries'. Yes there was and he's still living with it
Why don't the council workers use cable detectors which are used in the building industry to detect the cables and metal pipes or is it a cost the council don't think is worth doing
Terry Collins, director of neighbourhood services
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bjb, York says...
9:06am Tue 23 Oct 07
So why has the first paragraph in this piece started with 'Council diggers'.
Incidents such as this highlights what has existed for years, and that is the lack of 'joined up' information shared between the utility services and the council.