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Summer 2017TheScoopOklahoma One-Call System, Inc.What’s InsideOklahoma Excavation Safety ExpoDamage Prevention Travels the StateOKIE811 New Corporate Headquarters Opens It's DoorsOKIE811 Beats It's Own Personal Best
OKIE811 and Fire Dept Team Up for New Warning SystemIn cooperative effort with fire departmentsacross the state, OKIE811 implemented a processto notify owners of underground facilities ofwildland fires. Using our existing ticket transmission system, we are able to send emergencynotices during an incident of imminent dangerto underground facilities posed by wildland firesand firebreaks.When there is an incident taking place inOklahoma, it is anticipated that local fire departments will contact OKIE811 to report the wildland fire. Our Customer Service Representativeswill collect data regarding the location of thecommand center, the potential boundaries ofthe wildland fire and contact information for theon-site commander. Once the data is collected,the registered members in the area will receivethe notice electronically and verbally by ourEmergency Desk staff. This notification allowsmembers to respond as necessary to protecttheir facilities and to open the communicationto protect those in the field fighting the fire andthe locators.OKIE811 Kicks Off Safety DayThe Damage Prevention team put on OKIE811'sfirst ever Safety Day on June 17th in Woodward,OK. The event was a great success with 9member companies sponsoring the eventand having about 40 attendees show up toparticipate. There were various pipeline safteyclasses and we ended the day with a mock linestrike.Be on the lookout for our future events. OKIE811will host two more Safety Days this fall. Pleasevisit www.diggingokie811.com for more detailsand locations. This is a FREE event for all. Bringthe whole family.1SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORSDCP MidstreamEnable Midstream PartnersKinder MorganOG EONGOPALOKIE811SemGroup CorpSouthern Star
OKIE811 is on the Move!By Susan Bohl, Executive Director OKIE811That’s right! OKIE811 moved to a newheadquarters in May 2017. You can now find usat our awesome new building located at 6908 N.Robinson Ave in Oklahoma City.This has been an exciting time at OKIE811 tohave the opportunity to design and build a stateof the art facility that will take our organizationfar into the future. We now have plenty ofspace for our staff and our conference room isbig enough to have our board and operatingcommittee meetings in! We were also able toprovide space for a fitness room, break room andkitchen, a quiet room, a multi-purpose space andwe now have outdoor space too!The new space couldn’t have come at a bettertime either! We recorded a record June withalmost 77,000 locate requests received. Thenew space and the heightened morale helped ushandle the increase in ticket volume without aproblem!Thanks to the OKIE811 Board and our membercompanies for helping us move forward in ourservice delivery and for providing this greatspace for the staff. We truly appreciate it.The event was FREE and open to the public. Therewas an estimated 2,000 people that attended.Governor Mary Fallin, was the honorary guest at GISDay at the Capitol! However, the most popular guestwas our very own OKIE D. Critter. OKIE made a shortappearance and was the honored to take a photo withGovernor Fallin.In addition to networking with other GISprofessionals, we were able to hand out tons ofOKIE811 marketing material and promote the OKIE811‘Dig Safety’ message.The 23rd annual GIS Day at the Capitol washeld on Tuesday, April 11th, 2017. The event wasa real success because of the diverse group ofexhibitors that attended the event. This year,there were 53 exhibitors from State, Local,Federal, Tribal, and Private Agencies. The annualevent is a great way to showcase our workand network with other GIS professionals fromacross the State.2
2017 Oklahoma Excavation Safety Expo was a Success!By Susan Bohl, Executive Director OKIE811If you weren’t able to attend the 2017 OklahomaExcavation Safety Expo, you missed out! Over285 people attended the March 24th Expo andhad opportunities to hear from many differentindustry experts. The keynote speaker was abig hit and the Mock Line Strike helped educateattendees how to respond to a pipeline rupture.We also had over 30 exhibitors that shared tonsof information to attendees on new servicesbeing offered and new tools available in theindustry for excavators.We also had 110 people attending the Trenching& Excavation Safety classes. This is an 8 hourcertification class that is offered at only 30 forattendees. You can’t beat a deal like that!This Expo and training classes are beingprovided to professional contractors andexcavators that do work in Oklahoma. The cost isonly 60 to attend the Expo and includes accessto great industry insights, education aboutOklahoma laws affecting excavation, meals, doorprizes and much more! Don’t miss out in 2018!Go to www.okexcavationexpo.com for moreinformation. The 2018 expo is slated for March 1& 2, 2018.4
them on March 6th. Durango provides trucking andequipment for the oilfieldand general contractors.Durango strives toprovide high quality, well maintainedconstructionequipment andpromotes the mostefficient and safestwork practices.OKIE811 is proud to be apart of their safety training.January through March the damage prevention team at OKIE811 teams with Paradigm’spublic awareness trainers to conduct trainingsall across the state. These training eventsteach first responders, contractors and countyworkers the importance of pipeline safety andutilizing Oklahoma’s 811 service. The attendeesget to participate in pipeline safety scenariosin order to have a better understanding of ourstates network of pipelines and undergroundfacilities.This partnership with Paradigm has been agreat opportunity for both companies to worktogether and get the “dig safely” message out.OKIE811 would like to thank Paradigm for allowing us to be part of their great public awarenessprogram.3/10Kid's Safety DayGrove, OKMarch 10, the City of Grove held its annual kidssafety day. “OKIE the mascot” was invited tothis event to help kids learn the importance ofcontacting 811 before any digging is done. OKIEwas a big hit at this event.3/16OKC Homebuilders AssociationOklahoma City, OKOn March 16, Brenda Hoefar was the guestpresenter at the south OKC HomebuildersAssociation meeting. A-Z Inspection servicegave the program to this association and invitedBrenda to participate and educate homeownersabout the importance of contacting 811 beforeany excavation projects around their home.2/15City of TulsaTulsa, OKOn February 15, Brenda Hoefar was once againinvited to be a part of the City of Tulsa SafetyTrainings. The OKIE811 piece is an importantpart of the City of Tulsa’s safety classes andOKIE811 appreciates that they use our messagein each safety class that they do. This particularclass started at 7am, so Brenda had to get upbright and early to be in Tulsa on time. Again, wecan’t thank the City of Tulsa enough for alwaysincluding us.4/5Cumulus RadioOklahoma City, OKOn April 5th, Jerry West, Brenda Hoefar ofOKIE811 and Russell Reeves, USIC, were invitedto participate in a radio public service program/ Q & A panel interview about OKIE811 andUSIC and how both organizations work hand inhand in order for Oklahomans to be safe whiledigging. The program aired on Cumulus Radioin OKC on Sunday April 9th. The interviewerfrom the radio station stated that he had neverseen 3 people more passionate about theirjobs and that usually it was like “pulling teeth”to get people to talk during interviews of thisnature. He said he literally had to cut these 3 offbecause they ran over the allotted time that hehad set aside for this interview.The great working relationship OKIE811’s Damage Prevention Team and USIC has is the reasonthis program was very successful.4/18Phillips 66Bartlesville, OKApril 18, Brenda Hoefar was invited to do a presentation at Phillips 66 in Bartlesville. Phillips66 is very passionate about damage preventionand the company includes OKIE811 in several oftheir safety trainings each year.5-20Camp BandageBroken Arrow, OK3/6Durango Oilfield ServicesWoodward, OKDurango Oilfield Services, Woodward, OK,invited Brenda Hoefar to do a presentation forOKIE811 Damage Prevention Staff traveled to Broken Arrowfor Camp Bandage. The event brought together local firstresponders, groups whose focus is safety, and the youth.Camp Bandage had several thousand visitors.5
6/8NGV Road RallyTulsa, OKBrenda attended the NGV rally in Tulsa,which highlighted the need of clean energy vehicles.4/21-23Tulsa Spring and Outdoor Living ShowTulsa, OKApril 21-23 OKIE811 had a booth at the TulsaSpring and Outdoor Living Show. This eventreaches a huge audience of homeowners inthe Tulsa area and is a great spring event thatallows us to get the “dig safely” message to allthose weekend warriors who will be doing theirspring planting and gardening.5/3Downtown Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, OKOn May 3rd, Brenda Hoefar did a presentationfor the new Oklahoma City Streetcar maintenance workers. Their workers are putting inthe new street car tracks in downtown OKC andwanted to be sure they were doing their locaterequests properly before the streetcar project isin full swing in OKC.5/19University of Oklahoma PlumbingNorman, OKMay 19, Brenda Hoefar did a presentation forthe University of Oklahoma Plumbing workers.4/25City of StillwaterStillwater, OKThe City of Stillwater invited Brenda Hoefar todo 2 presentations to their city workers on April25th. The workers were divided into 2 sessionsso that each employee could attend a session.The sessions were titled “What You Need toKnow About Utilizing OKIE811.5/17Society of Cable Television EngineersBroken Arrow, OKMay 17, Brenda Hoefar was invited to be a partof the “Society of Cable television Engineers”safety meeting in Broken Arrow. Brenda wentover the proper way to use the One Call systemand answered questions the attendees hadabout OKIE811 and the proper way to put in alocate request.The Damage Prevention Team is preparing forour biggest event of the year : The State Fairof Oklahoma . This event has an attendance ofover 1 million, which makes it a huge audiencefor our “Contact OKIE811 before you dig message. The fair runs September 14-24 and lots ofvolunteers are needed at the OKIE811 booth. Ifyou or someone from your organization wouldlike to volunteer for a shift at the booth pleasego to www.okie811.org. and click on volunteeropportunities.66/17OKIE811 Safety DayWoodward, OKJune 17 – Safety Day, Woodward
2017 Ticket Trends In OklahomaBased on ticket/call volume through the endof June 2017, OKIE811 has seen a 3.4% increasein volume as compared to the same time lastyear. Of course with an increase in ticket/callvolume, Oklahoma underground operators areseeing an increase in line locates. The graphto the right illustrates the 2017 ticket volumecompared to the prior 5 years.The counties listed in the chart to the bottomright are those that experienced an increase of2,000 tickets or more as compared to last year.June 2017 saw an overall increase of 7.5% andwas also a record breaking month for our team.We saw an overall month total of 76,985 tickets.The previous record was set in August 2016with 75,276 tickets.The leading excavation work in Oklahomais still fiber optic lines which are up 43%, oilfield activity which is up 44%, and sidewalks &paving which is up 34%.The contact center has made various processimprovements to help keep down the timeexcavators spend on the phone or waiting fora ticket number. Over the same period in 2016Oklahoma One-Call System, Inc.Incoming Tickets - Trend by Month(Incoming Tickets - By Month)85,00080,00075,00070,00065,000 11%60,00055,000 9%50,00045,000 3%40,00035,00030,000% Increase from year to ,72676,985OKIE811 has experienced a decrease in averageTicket Handling Time from three minutes andfour seconds to two minutes and forty-threeseconds. Four new CSRs have also been hiredto keep up with the increasing volume andmaintain a high standard or quality.2016 Business Activities Welcome Message – Bryan Brewster, OklahomaNatural Gas, OKIE811 Board of Directors Report of 2016 finances - Susan Bohl, OKIE811Executive Director OKIE811 outreach and marketing efforts of 2016 Jerry West, Damage Prevention Manager Report on growth in membership and HB-1951requiring Municipalities to join the One-Call - EvaDonahue, Member Services Liaison New GIS product called Asset Assessment Reportto project ticket production in a particular area - TroyDaniels, GIS CoordinatorWork CountyTicketIncreaseNortheast OKTULSA 2,901Central OKOKLAHOMA 2,867Northwest OKBLAINE 2,762Northeast OKROGERS 2,039For more information about OKIE811 trends,visit our website at www.OKIE811.org.OKIE811 Hosts 2017 Annual MeetingEach year, OKIE811 hosts an annual meeting for theelection of Board of Directors and to provide a reportof OKIE811’s business activities as well as the generalfinancial condition of the Corporation. All membersare invited to attend the Annual Meeting. This year wasthe 37th Annual Meeting and was held on ThursdayMarch 23, 2017 in conjunction with the OklahomaExcavation Safety Expo.Over 125 guests attended the Annual Meeting. Themeeting kicked off with lunch and a report on what’shappening at OKIE811 and what’s ahead for 2017.AreaWhat’s Ahead for OKIE811? New OKIE811 Office Move Date May 20 & 21 Utilizing the One-Call system for Other Types of Notifications to Underground Facility Owners / Operatorso Wildland Fires & Fire Breakso Statewide Damage Reporting through OKIE811(voluntary) OKPERI – Oklahoma Pipeline Emergency ResponseInitiative Damage Prevention eLearning - webinars, videosand online offerings Possible Legislation affecting the One-Callo HB-1376 addressing the definition of PUBLICAGENCIES in the Underground Damage Prevention ActElection of Board of DirectorsBrian Horner, Operating Committee Chair, announcedthe election of Directors results: Elected four (4) Directors – each is to serve until2019 or until their successor shall have been electedand duly qualified.o Travis Ashby, ONEOKo Gene Clark, AT&To Richard Forney, Public Service Company of OKo Brandon Sternadel, Plains All American Pipeline.7 Approval to change the By-Laws of the Corporationadjusting the number of board members from seven(7) to no less than eight (8) and no more than ten (10Recognition and Appreciation GiftsRecognition and Appreciation Gifts for volunteerswho helped promote safe digging and damageprevention within our state in 2016: Laurie Burgess – Enable David DeBoer - CenterPoint Donnie Krumsiek - ONEOK Gary Loeffelholz – City of Norman Cindy Molloy – Plains All American PL Sherry Terry – Phillips 66The meeting was wrapped up with approximately 2,000 in door prizes including a big screen television!Following the meeting, members visited the Expoexhibit hall and attended the welcome reception,enjoying the evening filled with cocktails and networking. The Annual Meeting is a great opportunityto learn about what is happening at OKIE811. We lookforward to seeing you at 2018’s annual meeting!
OKIE811SAFETY DAYSIn an effort to make our Oklahoma Safety & Damage Prevention programs more relevant andbeneficial to those attending, in 2017 OKIE811 will be offering Safety Days across Oklahoma. Ourgoal is to reach excavators, contractors and county/municipal personnel in these areas andprovide safety and damage prevention awareness, best practices, and facilitate a mock linestrike demonstration to give attendees hands on experience to know what to do in the event ofan incident.AUGUST 2017NE OklahomaOCTOBER 2017SW OklahomaUPCOMINGEVENTSWWW.DIGGINGOKIE811.COMSafety Day for Northeast OklahomaAugust 24Lincoln County Emergency Mgmt ExpoOctober 7811 Day at the OKC DodgersAugust 11Robbers Cave FestivalOctober 20Choctaw Nation Labor Day FestivalAugust 31 - September 4Safety Day Southwest OKOctober 25State Fair of OklahomaSeptember 14-248
OKIE811 At 91st Annual State FFA ConventionThe 91st Annual State FFA Convention, whichis expected to draw as many as 13,000 studentsfrom across Oklahoma, located at the Cox Convention Center. Thousands of blue jackets withgold stitching arrived at the convention.FFA is a national organization dedicated toyouth leadership development through agricultural education. In Oklahoma, there are 357 FFAchapters with an estimated 27,000 members.These students strive for premier leadership,personal growth, and career success throughagricultural education. OKIE811 Damage Prevention educated future farmers and ranchers forpotential excavation dangers associated withinthe agricultural industry associated with postholes, terraces and farm ponds.worked the booth for the two day event. Over thecourse of two days, more than 380 participantsin the utility and construction industry had theopportunity to hear speakers on a variety of safetyand health related topics, pursue ongoing edu-cational accreditation, and participate in coursesdesigned for OSHA compliance and network withpeer professionals. OSC goal is to provide attendeeswith the knowledge they can take back to theirworkplace to enhance productivity.OKIE811 AttendsOklahoma Safetyand Health CouncilConferenceEach year the Oklahoma Safety Council, OSC,hosts the largest safety and health conferencein Oklahoma. The 2017 Oklahoma Safety & HealthConference will be jointly hosted by the OklahomaSafety Council and the Oklahoma Department ofLabor.OSC represents a membership of more than 800businesses throughout our state. Some of the largemembers are OKIE811, OG E, ONEOK, PSO/AEP,Chesapeake, Devon and many more in the involvedin the oil and gas, electric, communications,state, municipal, county and health managementindustry.OKIE811 was one of the sponsors and exhibitorat this event. Amy McCoy and Stephen Shenold9
OKIE811 Operating Committee UpdateAs you know OKIE811 Membership is representative of all thedifferent types of undergroundlines in the State of Oklahoma.The OKIE811 Operating Committeeserves as the voice of the membership and major stakeholderson new projects and procedureimplementation. In 2017, we haveadded three new members to thecommittee: Charlie Sellers, Sellers TrenchingExcavator Jason Benguin, Magellan Midstream Partners L.P.Midstream Brian Hanna, ConsolidatedInfrastructure GroupLocate CompanyWe are very excited to welcomethese gentlemen to the OKIE811Operating Committee as theirperspective is key in shaping awell-rounded future for OKIE811and Excavation Safety in Oklahoma.OKIE811 Member Services UpdatesOKIE811 Membership has seena sharp increase over the pastyear. A significant amount ofthis is attributable to legislation,HB-1951, that went into effect onNovember 1, 2016. With the signing of HB-1951 Municipalities arenow required to participate in theStatewide One-Call NotificationCenter, OKIE811. OKIE811 workedclosely with both the OklahomaMunicipal League and OklahomaMunicipal Assurance Group toeducate Oklahoma Municipalities.While many municipalities werealready OKIE811 Members wehave added 42 as a result of thisnew requirement. These newadditions along with others putOKIE811 at 1304 members strongas of July 27, 2017.OKIE811 Member Servicesencourages members to provideup-to-date information to ensurelocate requests are received bythe correct personnel. Each year,OKIE811 will provide a remindercampaign to complete verification. Starting this year, a member10will receive a Certificate of GoodStanding once they have verifiedt
2017 Oklahoma Excavation Safety Expo was a Success! By Susan Bohl, Executive Director OKIE811 . Durango Oilfield Services Woodward, OK Durango Oilfield Services, Woodward, OK, . OKC Homebuilders Association Oklah
