by Kodiak Drilling | Oct 29, 2012 | News, Utility Locates
No Locates = Fine A TSSA press release advises of a recent fine imposed on an Ontario contractor for not obtaining proper locates. The contractor reportedly struck the gas pipeline with a backhoe than crimped it with vice grips. You can read the press release by...
by Kodiak Drilling | Dec 20, 2011 | News, Utility Locates
Charged and Convicted From the legal files, we have a recent conviction and some new charges: Convicted October 2011 – An Employer and supervisor pleaded guilty to a charge under section 228(1)(a) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 resulting in fines of $20,000 and...
by Kodiak Drilling | Dec 20, 2011 | News, Utility Locates
Over $1 million Fines In a previous post, we indicated that a new trial had been ordered for Enbridge in the Bloor Street explosion. For those who have forgotten, this was an explosion that leveled a building and killed 7 people because the utility locates were not...
