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Mock I ine strike events coming to Tennessee
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trom your grade school and the consequences of using simulate what happens during a high.
experience. sitting tor improper excavation techniques." pressure gas line strike.
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Mark Allen, president uiEnezt2cl1 in retention and a better understanding of The excavators and spotters require
wichita, Kansas, fuund out that it's not how im ortant the re lations are. medical attention trom the first
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outside of the classroom. ," ‘ E “ P“‘$’“"" ‘ “'2 “"7" ‘ “E sirens blarin . The event is intended to
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understanding of important damage is what it looks like. And if you dnn’t gaff 3 P P ’ ’
prevention regulations and techniques go through all ui these steps. you run ’ ‘

taught during classroom-style seminars the risk oi hitting a gas line, hazardous "Everybody has heard about pipeline
and came to the releases. but iew have
conclusion that there > » ‘V actually witnessed
had to be a better way ~ ~. A _ _ one." Mark said.

to get the important V K _ ' _ t :'_,V _ [ " "When we do the
message across to '— v ‘ ‘ simulation, it's loud
excavators and rust ‘d and continuous,
responders. -. . with a lot or moving

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present, but not how it After the
has to be presented." demonstration, there's
Enertech, which helps
pipeline companies
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regulations, developed a new kind Mark said. mine Y * 3
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training course. Their program, mm but dmmm [0 mm me if 0“ in addition to hurting the equipment
whidt will be presented three times *hmn,'t W“ “ in mm fie m; “M operator and line spotter, a release like
in Tenneuee in 2017, involves both Mk r’u mm H E #9 gm [0 mm that brings lots of hrst responders to the
traditional classroom learning as well ’Wmk2*; kg in fi’m_’hmd hzw “flung a scene who could be responding to sick
as a full demonstration in the held ui “mafia; H E ’ ’ kids. pregnant women and car wrecks.
those techniques. ’ ‘ but now they're sitting on a gas line
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responders and excavators learn mg Pmgum fihuws Pamdpami “ " ‘Y’ ‘
better on-the-]clb with some classroom _ _ Enertech is bringing their unique

what happens when corners are cut

training, rather than iust seeing a and mks an flmmd in a Hvmtfinn saiety event to 12 states in 2017, some
Pow2rPolm przsznlatmn," Mark demonstration or which are open to the public, while
said. "What we did was come up ‘ others are directed mainly at excavators
with a mock line strike. There's some Mark's team brings in excavation and emergency personnel. visit www
classroom time, but also an actual equipment and sets up the scene the teitriesseepipe coin to get intormation
demonstration oi proper pre-excavation way you'd see in a real-world situation about upcoming events -

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