215 CARCGA Facility Event Report
In 213, AB811 added a requirement in California Government Code Section 4216.6 (c) & (d) that statewide information voluntarily provided by operators and excavators regarding facility events would be compiled and made available in an annual report by the regional notification centers and posted on the Internet Web sites of the regional notification centers. A facility event is the occurrence of excavator down time, damages, near misses and violations. In the second year of the California Regional Common Ground Alliance (CARCGA) Virtual Private Damage Information Reporting Tool (aka California 811 Virtual Private DIRT), 33 of the 21 companies registered with California 811 Virtual Private DIRT input facility events. In 214, there were 39 companies out of 175 that provided facility events. There were 5,263 facility events reported in 215, up from 5,82 in 214. (Graph 1) Of the 5,263 facility events input, 2,358 had received tickets. This number of ticketed events represents a 26% increase over the 214 data. Again, 99% of the facility events reported were damages. (Graph 2) California 811 Virtual Private DIRT is part of the national DIRT program. Any information submitted to California 811 DIRT is propagated into the national database. While California does not require operators to submit data into DIRT, federal regulations for natural gas and pipelines require them to provide data. In 215, 97% of the California facility events reported were by the natural gas stakeholder group. (Graph 3) California had 1,482,635 location requests in 215, an increase of 11% over 214. Los Angeles County had the largest number of location requests (238,388) and the largest number of facility events reported (1,34). Contractors were the largest excavator group that received tickets before excavating. Contractors had 79% of the 2,358 facility events with tickets. Of the 2,95 facility events without tickets, 65% were contractors and 26% were occupants. (Graphs 4 & 5) While the right of way for private land owner had the largest number of facility events reported, the type of excavator contractor was the largest group doing work on private land owner right of way. (Graph 6) 215 s distribution of root causes still shows that no notification to the center is still the largest root cause of a facility event. (Graph 7) Future education should emphasize accurate data collection. An example: the root cause was listed as other but under more description it was revealed that the excavator couldn t provide a ticket number and the facility owner did not show one. The correct root cause would be no notification made to the center. While reported facility events were up over 214, the number of facility events with tickets increased. With an 11% increase in tickets over 214 and a 4% increase in facility events; it would seem that the message to get a ticket before you dig is spreading. 1
Your Title Here Subtitle DEL NORTE HUMBOLDT TRINITY SISKIYOU SHASTA MODOC LASSEN 215 Distribution of Tickets TEHAMA PLUMAS MENDOCINO GLENN BUTTE SIERRA NEVADA COLUSA YUBA LAKE PLACER SUTTER EL DORADO YOLO SONOMA NAPA SACRAMENTO AMADOR ALPINE MARIN FRANCISCO MATEO TA CRUZ SOLANO CONTRA COSTA ALAMEDA TA CLARA JOAQUIN CALAVERAS STANISLAUS MERCED BENITO TUOLUMNE MARIPOSA MADERA FRESNO MONO INYO MONTEREY KINGS TULARE Number of Tickets LUIS OBISPO KERN BERNARDINO 238,388 1, 11,999 TA BARBARA VENTURA LOS ANGELES 5, 99,999 ORANGE RIVERSIDE 2, 49,999 1, 19,999 DIEGO IMPERIAL 1, 9,999-999 PG&E GIS Group September 13, 216 2
SIERRA ALPINE MODOC TRINITY DEL NORTE PLUMAS MONO LASSEN SISKIYOU COLUSA LAKE GLENN BENITO MARIPOSA INYO TUOLUMNE AMADOR SUTTER YUBA CALAVERAS MENDOCINO YOLO KINGS TEHAMA HUMBOLDT IMPERIAL NAPA TA CRUZ SHASTA MERCED BUTTE MADERA NEVADA EL DORADO LUIS OBISPO TA BARBARA MONTEREY MARIN SOLANO PLACER TULARE SONOMA STANISLAUS FRANCISCO VENTURA MATEO JOAQUIN FRESNO CONTRA COSTA ALAMEDA SACRAMENTO ORANGE TA CLARA KERN RIVERSIDE BERNARDINO DIEGO LOS ANGELES 3 154 183 42 61 662 82 837 1,16 1,871 1,972 2,84 2,16 2,124 2,196 2,388 3,46 3,634 3,794 3,936 4,521 4,619 4,936 5,816 5,94 6,731 7,658 8,92 8,963 9,236 9,791 1,171 1,896 12,712 13,256 14,187 15,214 16,781 16,789 18,444 19,956 21,265 22,41 23,3 25,56 26,275 36,813 42,557 45,854 52,783 61,417 68,4 75,922 82,561 91,56 98,688 1,91 18,6 Number of Tickets by County 25, 5, 75, 1, 125, 15, 175, 2, 225, 25, 238,388
Your Title Here Subtitle DEL NORTE HUMBOLDT TRINITY SISKIYOU SHASTA MODOC LASSEN 215 Distribution of Facility Events TEHAMA PLUMAS MENDOCINO GLENN BUTTE SIERRA NEVADA COLUSA YUBA LAKE PLACER SUTTER EL DORADO YOLO SONOMA NAPA SACRAMENTO AMADOR ALPINE MARIN FRANCISCO MATEO TA CRUZ SOLANO CONTRA COSTA ALAMEDA TA CLARA JOAQUIN CALAVERAS STANISLAUS MERCED BENITO TUOLUMNE MARIPOSA MADERA FRESNO MONO INYO MONTEREY KINGS TULARE LUIS OBISPO KERN BERNARDINO Number of Events 134 TA BARBARA VENTURA LOS ANGELES 31-4 ORANGE RIVERSIDE 11-3 31-1 DIEGO IMPERIAL 1-3 PG&E GIS Group September 7, 216 4
ALPINE CALAVERAS DEL NORTE INYO LAKE LASSEN MARIPOSA MODOC MONO PLUMAS SIERRA SISKIYOU TRINITY TUOLUMNE AMADOR GLENN COLUSA KINGS BENITO TEHAMA YUBA MADERA MENDOCINO SUTTER HUMBOLDT SHASTA EL DORADO BUTTE NEVADA YOLO MERCED IMPERIAL NAPA SOLANO MONTEREY TA CRUZ PLACER JOAQUIN FRANCISCO SONOMA FRESNO LUIS OBISPO TULARE STANISLAUS TA BARBARA MARIN MATEO VENTURA TA CLARA KERN CONTRA COSTA SACRAMENTO ALAMEDA BERNARDINO DIEGO RIVERSIDE ORANGE LOS ANGELES 5 1 1 2 2 4 5 7 11 12 12 21 21 22 26 27 27 31 32 33 44 52 56 6 61 76 82 85 87 99 11 13 16 129 141 157 184 185 186 253 39 324 382 4 Number of Facilty Events by County 2 4 6 8 1, 1,2 1,4 1,34
25, 225, Tickets & Facility Events by County 1,4 1,3 1,2 2, 1,1 175, 1, 9 Tickets 15, 125, 1, 8 7 6 5 Facility Events 75, 4 5, 3 25, 2 1 NEVADA ORANGE PLACER PLUMAS RIVERSIDE SACRAMENTO BENITO BERNARDINO DIEGO FRANCISCO JOAQUIN LUIS OBISPO MATEO TA BARBARA TA CLARA TA CRUZ SHASTA SIERRA SISKIYOU SOLANO SONOMA STANISLAUS SUTTER TEHAMA TRINITY TULARE TUOLUMNE VENTURA YOLO YUBA Counties ALAMEDA ALPINE AMADOR BUTTE CALAVERAS COLUSA CONTRA COSTA DEL NORTE EL DORADO FRESNO GLENN HUMBOLDT IMPERIAL INYO KERN KINGS LAKE LASSEN LOS ANGELES MADERA MARIN MARIPOSA MENDOCINO MERCED MODOC MONO MONTEREY NAPA 6 Tickets Facility Events
214/215 Facility Events & Damages Reported 5,3 5,263 5,2 5,1 5,82 5,231 5, 5,5 4,9 214 215 Events Damages Graph 1 214/215 Facility Events with Tickets 6, 5, 5,82 5,263 4, 3, 2, 1, 1,875 2,358 214 215 Events Tickets Graph 2 7
215 Reporting Stakeholder Distribution Excavator, 12 Private Water, 22 Other, 42 Public Works, 12 Natural Gas, 5,11 Liquid Pipeline, 4 Communications, 4 Graph 3 8
Facility Events with Tickets by Excavator Group 1,875 1 7 8 4 51 6 125 191 Graph 4 Facility Events without Tickets by Excavator Group 1,878 748 1 2 3 14 18 47 5 144 Graph 5 9
Right of Way Where Facility Events Occurred Public City Street, 1,635 Data Not Collected, 189 Dedicated Public Utility Easement, 157 Pipeline, 146 Private Land Owner, 2,879 Unknown, 99 Private Business, 58 Private Easement, 49 Public County Road, 32 Others, 19 Occupant, 677 Contractor, 1,991 Unknown, 92 Utility, 5 Developer, 39 Farmer, 19 Others, 11 Excavator Type on Right of Way Private Land Owner Graph 6 1
Distribution of Root Causes No notification made to the center Notification to center not sufficient Facility could not be found/located Facility markings or location not sufficient Facility was not located or marked Incorrect facility records/maps Excavation practies not sufficient Failure to maintain the marks Failure to use hand tools where required Failure to verify location by pot holing Abandoned facility Data not collected Other 5 1 15 2 25 3 11 Graph 7