Ever used one of those gadgets on the wall before you drill through electric wire? Guess this guy wished he had one too!

The guy who did this below and anyone else helping him surely did not survive. You just never know what you are going to find when you go poking around below the surface. I thought we could all learn a little about safety from this dramatic event. Just because you think you are in the "middle of nowhere" does not mean there is not something there. That's why you call first!

The pictures below are a result of a guy using a post hole digger without calling for "locates" and he hit an underground cross country gas pipe.

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