April is National Safe Digging Month. We spoke with Sarah Magruder Lyle, president and CEO of the Common Ground Alliance, who provided what she considers to be the five most pervasive myths and common errors in the industry, as well as five key actions contractors can take to enhance their safety programs and support industry efforts.
5 Excavation Myths
1. “I’m not digging deep enough to bother calling it in.”Lyle says, “It’s never ‘not deep enough.’ Every dig is deep enough to warrant a call to 811.”2. “I dig here all the time.”This implies the contractor has a complete and accurate working knowledge
