The 2018 DIRT Report identified the following root cause categories for all reported damages with an identified and known root cause:įor the second consecutive year, the DIRT Report includes analysis of when damages occur, by month and day of the week.
While these increases are noteworthy, it’s important to frame them in the context of more than a decade of mostly year-over-year decreases in estimated damages during the past 15 years, dating back to the first DIRT Report in 2004.Īmong all damage reports with an identified and known root cause, the top reported root cause category in the 2018 DIRT Report was “excavation issue,” which encompasses a variety of reported process problems, including excavating prior to verifying marks by test-hole, excavating with faded or unmaintained utility marks, and excavating with mechanized equipment within a “hand dig” zone, just to name a few. The report, which analyzes all 2018 data submitted anonymously and voluntarily by facility operators, utility locating companies, one call centers, contractors, regulators and others, used a refined statistical modeling process to estimate that 509,000 excavation-related damages to underground facilities occurred in 2018, compared to the 2017 estimate of 439,000 damages.ĬGA, working with statistical analysis consultant Green Analytics, also found that damages per 1,000 one call center transmissions (the total number of times a “call before you dig” center notified a member utility of someone’s intent to dig) increased slightly from 2017 to 2018, along with a similarly small increase in damages per million dollars of construction spending. 26, 2019) – Common Ground Alliance (CGA), the stakeholder-driven organization dedicated to protecting underground utility lines, people who dig near them and their communities, today announced its findings from the 2018 Damage Information Reporting Tool (DIRT) Report. Increased damages reinforce the importance of continued investment in damage prevention education and training
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