Type of Work – Natural Gas v. Telecommunications
Tables 13 and 14 show the top types of work involved in damages for the respective industries. Water is the leading type of work for both industries, which is also consistent with what we saw in the Data Overview 2021 section. Telecommunications have a higher percentage of “unknown.” Although both industries damage facilities within their industry (their own crews or subcontractors), telecommunications does so about twice as often as natural gas (when “unknown” is removed – 14.22% vs. 7.18%).
Table 13—Leading work types involving natural gas damages
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Natural Gas – Leading Work Types Involved in Damages
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Work Type
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Damages
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% of Total-All
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% of Total-Known
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Water
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11,176
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13.78%
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15.89%
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Unknown
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10,784
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13.30%
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Sewer
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9,108
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11.23%
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12.95%
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Telecommunications
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7,615
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9.39%
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10.83%
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Electric
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5,921
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7.30%
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8.42%
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Natural Gas
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5,052
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6.23%
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7.18%
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Table14—Leading work types involving telecom damages
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Telecommunications – Leading Work Types Involved in Damages
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Work Type
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Reported Damages
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% of Total-All
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% of Total-Known
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Unknown
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48,665
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54.01%
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Water
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6,363
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7.06%
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15.35%
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Telecommunications
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5,894
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6.54%
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14.22%
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Natural Gas
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5,722
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6.35%
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13.81%
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Electric
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5,045
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5.60%
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12.17%
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Sewer
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3,394
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3.77%
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8.19%
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In the Data Overview 2021 section of this report, was saw that the top five “known” work types for the entire data set were (in this order): water, telecommunications, natural gas, sewer and electric. When we isolate damages to natural gas and telecom facilities, we find similar results.