Includes on-site interviews with equipment operators describing their worst accidents and how they might be avoided. Demonstrates how signs, flags, paint and marking tape are used to alert excavators to the presence of underground lines.

Item # DD1 - $39.00, 15 minutes

Viewers like the demonstrations of vacuum excavating and directional boring. Also includes actual footage from a tragic accident where a road grader operator was killed when he struck a gas pipeline, plus several other fatal accidents.

Item # DD2 - $39.00, 20 minutes

Described by many viewers as the best safety video they've ever seen. This tape features a contractor whose crew was involved in an accident that killed three people. His insights are incredible.

Item # DD3 - $39.00, 15 minutes

Dramatizes the magnitude of the incredible number of accidents involving damage to underground lines by excavators. Stimulates discussions.

Item # DD4 - $39.00, 7 minutes

This 15-minute video gives excavators steps they can take to avoid damaging underground lines. It specifically focuses on what excavators should do when digging around marked lines.

Item # DD5 - $39.00, 12 minutes

This 15-minute video features the Edison NJ and Allentown PA pipeline accidents that sparked Congressional pipeline safety action. Accidents in Madison NE and Green River WY are also covered. Diagrams are used to help viewers see exactly what caused the accidents and how they could have been avoided.

Item # DD6 - $39.00, 12 minutes

Digging Dangers one through six on a single DVD.

Item # DD1-6DVD - $159.00, set of 6 on DVD

A directional boring accident that damaged or destroyed 86 homes in Westminster MD is covered in this 15-minute video. Also covered is a major phone cable cut in Odessa TX and a sewer collapse in Minnetonka MN. New technology to help excavate more safely is presented in the form of a soft trencher vacuum excavator that is faster than a backhoe in some applications. Better understanding of the capabilities and limitations of locating instruments is another benefit of this video.

Item # DD7 - $39.00, 15 minutes

This 12-minute video covers two cases of excavator damage to water mains and three cases involving gas lines. A water main hit that flooded downtown Buffalo NY consists of footage that was shot by the contractor involved.

Item # DD8 - $39.00, 12 minutes

The infamous Indianapolis gas explosion that damaged 80 homes, destroyed six and killed one resident is depicted at length, including aftermath scenes of the damaged pipe. DDIX also contains an on-camera gas explosion and two major fiber optic cable cuts. A New York City water main rupture that washed away a curb-to-curb section of Fifth Avenue is also shown. This 8-minute video also depicts a power cable cut that blacked out the offices of Underground Focus magazine.

Item # DD9 - $39.00, 8 minutes

This fast paced 8-minute video covers 12 accidents involving excavator damage to underground lines within a 12-month period. Included are gas explosions in Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas that killed eight people and injured dozens. Most of the fatalities were utility workers, but one was a daycare provider and another was an equipment operator. Others were private citizens who just happened to be nearby when the explosions occurred. These, and other accidents including one in Chicago that burned a 15-story building, are resulting in legislative activity in several states. DDX also contains a water incident where millions of gallons gushing from a transmission main flooded a Philadelphia neighborhood.

Item # DD10 - $39.00, 8 minutes

This video covers some of the worst accidents of 1999, including the Bridgeport AL gas explosion that killed three, a power cable hit in Philadelphia that killed two, and a gasoline fire in Bellingham WA that killed three. Also depicted is a Long Island cable cut that affected over 300,000 phone users. In all, 14 accidents are shown.

Item # DD11 - $39.00, 12 minutes

This video features nine year 2000 accidents that happened in Texas, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, California, Missouri, Minnesota, Florida, Washington DC, Tennessee, and Virginia. The New Mexico accident killed 12 people and was labeled as the worst pipeline accident in many years. A cable cut in Minnesota affected Northwest Airlines flights around the world. In Texas, a policeman driving home from work died when his car ignited a cloud of propane gas drifting across a highway after a bulldozer damaged a pipeline.

Item # DD12 - $39.00, 9 minutes

Digging Dangers seven through twelve on a single DVD.

Item # DD7-12DVD - $159.00, set of 6 on DVD

Digging Dangers XIII features accidents that happened in 2001 in Michigan, Colorado, Missouri, North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, and Nevada. Included is a North Carolina accident where a 23-year-old worker was killed when his auger hit a gas main. The 1999 Bellingham WA tragedy is revisited with an update of legal action resulting from the accident.

Item # DD13 - $44.95, 7 minutes

Digging Dangers XIV features excavation accidents which occurred during 2002 in Tennessee, Colorado, California, Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Canada. Included is an accident near Edmonton, Alberta, where an elderly couple were killed in a gas explosion after the man drove a steel stake through his home's gas service line while building a retaining wall. A 1997 Indianapolis IN accident is revisited, which involved a 20-inch gas pipeline that was damaged by a directional bore. One person was killed and 80 homes either destroyed or damaged when the escaping gas ignited. The fire footage is spectacular.

Item # DD14 - $44.95, 12 minutes

Accidents occurring during 2003 are covered by DD video-Digging Dangers XV, Digger Nightmares continued. These accidents happened in Massachusetts, Ontario, Indiana, Georgia, New Mexico, Delaware and California. The worst accident depicted killed seven people when a strip mall in Toronto was leveled by a gas explosion after the mall's unmarked service line was damaged by an excavator. This new 15-minute video also revisits a 1998 accident in Attleboro MA. The families of two city workers killed in a gas explosion there received the highest cash settlement in Massachusetts history. The objective of the Digging Dangers videos is to raise awareness of what is happening, so that viewers can take steps to keep it from happening to them.

Item # DD15 - $44.95, 15 minutes

This video covers some of the worst excavation accidents of 2004. Viewers see an on-the-scene portrayal of a backhoe hit on a jet fuel line in Walnut Creek CA that killed five workers. This 20-minute video also covers a Belgium pipeline explosion that killed 24 and injured 100, a gas pipeline explosion near Madrid IA, two Dallas TX firefighters overcome by gas while responding to pipeline damage, an Evansville IN gas explosion that killed two, a water main hit that flooded streets in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, a gas explosion in Hammond IN, a worker injured by gas explosion near Detroit, a Philadelphia gas main inferno that made national news, and two homes destroyed in a gas explosion in Fairfax, OK. The video also revisits the 2003 gas explosion that killed seven in Toronto. The son of one of the victims appears on camera to give his personal account of the accident and its aftermath. .

Item # DD16 - $44.95, 20 minutes

Digging Dangers XVII is the newest in the series of damage prevention media, Digging Dangers 17 BOOM! underlines the importance of safety when dealing with the aftermath of underground utility damages. We highlight excavation accidents occurring from late 2004 through the end of 2005. These accidents will help construction workers, utility personnel and first-responders understand the firsthand effect of not following safety precautions, particularly when faced with leaking gas.

Item # DD17 - $44.95

This new 20-minute video looks at things gone wrong--from a damage prevention viewpoint as well as from a post-accident viewpoint.

Excavators, utility personnel, and emergency responders will benefit from viewing Digging Dangers 18: Disaster Prevention. The video will will help train your personnel about new Federal legislation requiring excavators to call 911 in the event of striking gas pipelines. In addition, it will make workers pause to think about their actions if confronted with similar circumstances.

Item # DD18 - $44.95

Digging Dangers 13 through 18 on a single DVD.
Over 80 minutes of footage on one DVD. Titles include: Digger’s Nightmare, Underground Traps, Digger’s Nightmare Continued, Excavation Tragedies and Digging Dangers: Boom, Disaster Prevention and Judgment Day.

Item # DD13-18DVD - $159.00, set of 6 on DVD

Digging Dangers 19 features excavation accidents from 2007. This video explores the issue of the responsibilities all stakeholders share during excavation and how those responsibilities relate to business ethics.

Item # DD19 - $44.95

The newest in the Digging Dangers series. Digging Dangers 20 on DVD. “Failure To...” features excavation accidents from 2008.

Item # DD20 - $44.95