Industry Statistics and Additional Information

Damage Information Reporting Tool (DIRT) "Analysis and Recommendations for Calendar Year 2005 - Released December 2006”

Keynote Address for the Damage Prevention Convention

US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Office of Pipeline Safety Damage Prevention
Recommendations and Reports on Planning & Design, One-Call, Locating & Marking, Excavation Practices, Mapping, Compliance, Public Education & Awareness, Reporting & Evaluating and Emerging Technologies.

Transportation Safety Board of Canada Pipeline Accidents and Incidents for 2005.

CRS Report for Congress – Pipeline Safety and Security:
Federal Program – prepared by The Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) April 5, 2006

Common Ground Alliance (CGA) Presentation
September 2005 – Current Status of CGA Initiatives and Industry

US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) statistics on pipeline incidents, accidents and their many causes. This link shows the tables and charts of a 20-year historical view of accidents and incidents over all three types of pipelines.

US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) compiles data on pipeline incidents, accidents and their many causes. Pipeline operators are required to report statistics to PHMSA including the primary causes of pipeline accidents and incidents. Using reported data from the most recent years, PHMSA provides the following National Failure Cause Report which summarizes the incidents and accidents attributed to all major cause categories.

PHMSA OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE OPERATORS ACCIDENT SUMMARY
STATISTICS BY YEAR 1/1/1986 - 08/31/2006

PHMSA OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY NATURAL GAS PIPELINE OPERATORS
INCIDENT SUMMARY STATISTICS BY YEAR 1/1/1986 - 07/31/2006

Testimony of Ronald W. Jibson
Vice President of Operations Questar Gas Company On Behalf of the American Gas Association and The American Public Gas Association Before the U.S. House Energy andCommerce Committee Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality regarding the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2006 with emphasis on excavation damage prevention.

American Gas Association
Natural Gas Utilities Urge Congress to Focus on Excavation Damage Prevention in Pipeline Safety Act

TESTIMONY OF THE HONORABLE DONALD L. MASON COMMISSIONER, PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS ON “Pipeline Safety” March 16, 2006

Pipeline Safety: Progress & Remaining Challenges 
Statement of Todd J. Zinser Acting Inspector General US Department of Transportation March 16, 2006

Oversight Hearing:
Progress in Enhancing Pipeline Safety Before the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure United States House of Representatives - Written Statement of Brigham A. McCown Acting Administrator Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration U.S. Department Of Transportation March 16, 2006

Edison Electrical Institute - Out of Site out of Mind
A Study on the costs and benefits of underground overhead power lines

The Ugly Underneath - Can Science Untangle the Mess Beneath Our City Streets
A story on the reality of today’s modern underground