Title Page

  • Customer/Client Name

  • Project Site Address

  • Map Location
  • DDS Reporting Office

  • DDS Division

  • Incident Severity Low: minimal impact and can be handled within work hours. (Example: employee requires minor first aid and returns to work). Medium: business impact (either internal or external) but doesn't significantly impact normal operations. (Example: Utility Strike with no injuries). High: impact warrants immediate response and may disrupt normal operations, these are high priority. (Example: Employee is injured and requires offsite medical attention).

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Document Number

  • What was the date and time of the utility strike?

  • What is the location of the utility Strike?
  • Do we have active and updated location tickets?

  • Please document the ticket number

  • What Utility has been damaged?

  • What type of service?

  • Was a sub-contractor involved?

  • Name of sub-contracted company, including foreman's name and phone number.

  • Was the One Call Center Notified?

  • Were the markings visible at the time of the strike?

  • Were the markings accurate?

  • How Deep was the utility at the time of strike?

  • What were the utilities marked with?

  • What type of markings were present?

  • Add all photos of the strike (Mandatory)

  • What type of digging equipment was being used at the time of the strike?

  • If you checked "OTHER" Please specify.

  • What type of work was being performed?

  • Describe the Incident in Detail.

  • Were there any injuries as a result of the utility strike?

  • Did the employee leave the job site to seek medical attention?

  • Eye witness statements

Corrective Actions

  • Are corrective/further actions required with regard to this incident?

  • Please add any corrective actions to the appropriate questions above before completing this incident investigation

  • Have all required corrective actions been added as Actions to this inspection?

Root Cause Analysis / Contributing Factors

  • What were the contributing factors to this incident occurring? (select all that apply)

  • What other contributing factors?

  • A Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is the process of determining the cause of an incident. It requires consideration of all the factors that may have contributed to this incident occurring and deeply understanding the underlying cause. One tactic to determine this is through asking "Why?" five times, to uncover the core of a problem.

  • Has the root cause of this issue been able to be identified?

  • Why is the root cause for this issue unable to be identified at this time?

  • How likely is this incident to reoccur in future?

  • What is the root cause of this incident? Please consider and include all contributing factors

  • Has the root cause of this issue been rectified or eliminated?

  • How was the root cause rectified or eliminated?

  • Please attach any relevant photos or media

  • Please provide any relevant further details

  • How likely is this incident to reoccur in future?

  • DDS Foreman name

  • DDS Foreman Phone Number

  • Name all involved crew members

  • Signature of investigator.

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