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Digging Dangers
Staking U News

This week, Staking University conducted its first Locating Certification Seminar in Manteno, IL. Thirty-one students attended from industries including heavy construction, municipal utilities, telecommunications and engineering.

Staking U’s Locator Certification Seminars are ready to be conducted nationwide. Please contact Staking U at info@stakingu.net to bring a seminar to your area.  Learn more.

Our next Manteno Locator Certification Seminar will be held April 24 & 25. More info.

In addition, Staking U is on target for a July 1, 2007 roll-out of its Certification Testing. This locator certification test method was originally developed with the assistance of Staking U customers.

Digging Dangers
The Complete Library Available
in DVD Format Soon


Available in mid-April, you’ll be able to complete your DVD library of Underground Focus Magazine’s popular Digging Dangers series when Digging Dangers 1-12 will be made available in DVD format.

Although fifteen years old, the classic Digging Dangers III: Anatomy of an Accident (described by many viewers as the best safety video they've ever seen) features a contractor whose crew was involved in an accident that killed three people.

Timeless in their message, these Digging Dangers products are the perfect safety message for anyone who digs around underground utilities.

Utility Hit

Trench Rescue
World of Training

Live Emergency Response Demonstrations
June 26 & 27, Manteno, IL

The World of Training event features FREE live presentations emergency responses:

  • Watch emergency responders rescue utility construction workers trapped in a collapsed trench

  • Witness the rescue of workers overcome by gases in a utility vault

  • Experience underground utility line strike scenarios where emergency and utility personnel strive to keep accidents from becoming disaster
Register.    Learn more.

Have You Ordered the Latest?
Digging Dangers 18, Disaster Prevention  debuted last month. This video stresses the importance of a well planned and orchestrated response to a digging accident.

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We would like to thank our one-call center sponsors for helping us launch the latest in the Digging Dangers series: Gopher State One Call, Miss Dig, North Carolina One Call, Sunshine State One-Call, Dig Safely New York, JULIE, New York City and Long Island One Call, Utilities Protection Center, One Call of Wyoming, and Pennsylvania One Call.



   
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