Re: Are underground utility markers essential workers?

On 4/21/20 2:57 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:

Utility markers don't get the recognition they deserve.  If they aren't essential workers, they should be.... and get hazard pay.

They help protect everyone's fiber and cables and pipes that go boom.

If underground construction is an essential activity (and it certainly is, at least repairs generally are - new construction perhaps could be argued), then underground utility marking is, too, since it's mandatory for safely performing underground construction. -- Brandon Martin