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Doug Beck on sharing the message to call before you dig
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safety and damage prevention with as many Texans as he can
‘ ‘ Doug has been a pipeliner with Phillips so since 2015. He said
. that title means different things at ditterent companies, but in
5 H ‘ . general it entails damage prevention saiety, public outreach and
‘ 7 _ — increasing public awareness ui pipellne satety issues.
1 f V — my _ "There's a lot ui Dutxench,” he said. ”My personal opinion is that
‘ ‘ I I "3 '1 ‘ we make sure that not fully are excavators held accountable, but
i ,, ‘,‘ ‘ i also the oil and gas companies, class A utilities, telling them they
1 i ll need to step up their game."
-,v ln his position with Phillips 55, he gives a lot of presentations to
, 7-?-‘1 damage prevention councils, emergency planning Commlssiuns,
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: '. ' ' "My ]Dl3 is simple, and it can be reduced to one slogan: ‘protect
» the pulilic,” Doug said. ”Vl/ho is the publlC7 lrs homeowners
‘ and excavators and everybody else The only way In protect the
‘ public is to protect the plpe."
Doug works with excavators and homeowners on expectations
about working around utilities in order to keep everyliody
safe. He said some small things can be simple, like when a
big company is excavating within 25 feet of one of their large
i pipelines, they'd like to have someone on site to help ensure
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