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Left hooker

Left hooker

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Grahams said:
So go on then, I'll bite. This is contaminated waste being tipped on your site - how can that possibly be legal?
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We have naturally occuring uranium (pitchblend) in the ground down here in a few areas and odds are some was bound to show up in a load of recycled at some point
You wouldn't know it was there if I didn't have my doesimiter so would be none the wiser
Rechecked the pebble today and readings are a lot lower now than they were in vid still set the alarm off but only just over that threshold
There's a mine that mined uranium and a road goes right past it the meter sings at the gate way where the public can pass by also a cottage 100 yards from it still occupied
 
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Smiffy

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JD450A said:
Serious word of warning R.e Gas.

Squeeze offs are ok if you've completely severed a line, or if you've merely hit a household service. But anything larger than that which is punctured you are far better off leaving leaking. Namely because you will contaminate the gas pipeline with Air if you shut off it's flow and could well impact supplies to critical services, and will leave you a big bill to purge the pipelines.

Another thing people don't realise is a gas leak will cause heavier than air gas to displace any air within a excavation very quickly. This negates explosive risk but creates a risk of suffocation due to oxygen deprivation.

Things that are useful to know.
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Yes those squeeze of tools are only any good for single house supply's with gas.
The main lines would need a hydraulic squeeze off if you could get near them. They have to be shut down as the pressure and flow are high enough that you can't get near them due to the debris they are blowing about.
In shallow trenches where you are likely to find domestic supplies the gas seems to have dissapated by the time the gangs have shown up and they check with a sniffer.
They reckon electric is the worst to hit. It's not just the electric being loose that's dangerous. The copper has explosive effect and act as a cutting charge doing some serious damage.
 
Grahams

Grahams

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Left hooker said:
We have naturally occuring uranium (pitchblend) in the ground down here in a few areas and odds are some was bound to show up in a load of recycled at some point
You wouldn't know it was there if I didn't have my doesimiter so would be none the wiser
Rechecked the pebble today and readings are a lot lower now than they were in vid still set the alarm off but only just over that threshold
There's a mine that mined uranium and a road goes right past it the meter sings at the gate way where the public can pass by also a cottage 100 yards from it still occupied
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I realise it is naturally occuring, but this is recycled material. If you are taking contaminated material off site my understanding was you needed to treat it as contaminated. We sometimes remove sand from site that is contaminated with lead and antimony, both of which is naturally occurring in the west country. Sometimes the levels are around the natural background levels but the EA still insist it is treated as contaminated waste. The last lot we had to haul from Dartmouth to Bristol to dispose of.
 
Left hooker

Left hooker

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Grahams said:
I realise it is naturally occuring, but this is recycled material. If you are taking contaminated material off site my understanding was you needed to treat it as contaminated. We sometimes remove sand from site that is contaminated with lead and antimony, both of which is naturally occurring in the west country. Sometimes the levels are around the natural background levels but the EA still insist it is treated as contaminated waste. The last lot we had to haul from Dartmouth to Bristol to dispose of.
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Most tests, test for heavy metals and arsenic being the main one down here
Not seen one that's got a radioactive level listed in the results
There's a bus stop in illogan and the 100 or so year old stone wall behind it is given you a small dose while waiting for your bus
Tbh reading some of the charts on what levels will do to you ,you get more from a full body scan in an MRI than what that tiny stone was kicking out and you wouldn't be holding, touching it long term to get any effects
 
Grahams

Grahams

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DaveDCB said:
Silly duckers!!! The tail lifts scare the heck out of me, paving deliveries the worse as they are blooming heavy!
The front cutting edge is going to be close to the dipper given the headstock angle?(might just me being delirious after a long week!)
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Some of the tail lifts are just too small for heavy pallets. They often have to spin 90 degrees as they get on the the lift or the pallet truck will fall off the far edge before the pallet clears the truck bed. I would like to see the risk assessment - working at height with no safety guard, too small space and often unstable pallet. I've seen dropped loads before, but luckily never seen the driver hurt, but it is only a matter of time.
 
CPS

CPS

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Another Nordic RB14HD full Hardox bucket ready to do out this week.
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Routy56

Routy56

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Smiffy said:
If you ever work around services this is equally as important to keep in the van as a cat scan. Apart from keeping you and the dry if you hit water it makes life so much easier t ing in for new water pipes. But most of all when you hit a gas Main you can make it safe. You can even hand dig around it and neatly expose the pipe for sgn and then have a nice word with them as you have saved them work to put it down as a failure rather than a strike so you don't have to pay

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Great advice thanks - order placed just now (y)
 
Routy56

Routy56

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JD450A said:
Serious word of warning R.e Gas.

Squeeze offs are ok if you've completely severed a line, or if you've merely hit a household service. But anything larger than that which is punctured you are far better off leaving leaking. Namely because you will contaminate the gas pipeline with Air if you shut off it's flow and could well impact supplies to critical services, and will leave you a big bill to purge the pipelines.

Another thing people don't realise is a gas leak will cause heavier than air gas to displace any air within a excavation very quickly. This negates explosive risk but creates a risk of suffocation due to oxygen deprivation.

Things that are useful to know.
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More great advice - where I work it's usually a supply to a single house.
But will apply lots of commons sense.
Last year I nicked one and dug around it wrapped a a nitrite glove and Duct Tape while waiting for Cadent to rock up ;)
 
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Smiffy

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Routy56 said:
More great advice - where I work it's usually a supply to a single house.
But will apply lots of commons sense.
Last year I nicked one and dug around it wrapped a a nitrite glove and Duct Tape while waiting for Cadent to rock up ;)
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The civils suppliers sell fittings just like water pipe fittings that fit the gas pipe. But I am not brave enough to try it. Just phone sgn and they do it properly. As said never admit the cause of a leak down the phone as if the lads that come out are decent they will put it down as non billable. All the ones iv spoken to say they love a service strike anyway as it's nice an easy already exposed and ready to go. Otherwise they are stuck hand digging to trace a leak.
 
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