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Article: Pipe strikes in Wisconsin prompt focus on prevention
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- Daily Reporter (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 18, 2009
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A lawsuit over a gas pipeline explosion in Oconomowoc seeks to
assign blame and penalties, while industry leaders search for ways
to prevent such accidents.
A company that insured two homes destroyed in the April 2008
blast sued We Energies and contractor Dorner Inc., Luxemburg. The
utility owned the abandoned gas line that Dorner broke.
But the explosion also sparked a discussion among contractors,
utilities, Diggers Hotline representatives and pipe locators over
how to avoid pipe strikes.
Lawsuits and government regulations that penalize companies after
accidents are not the best ways to prevent problems, said Richard
Wanta, executive director of the Wisconsin Underground Contractors ...