In 2019, USIC is celebrating the 25-year anniversary of 25 of our valuable employees: our 2019 Quandrancentennials. Seems like a long time, right? Or maybe in just seems like yesterday... Here are a few...

Recognizing outstanding individual job performance at USIC We get inundated with Customer Satisfaction surveys for practically every company we use, both professionally and personally. They are often disregarded...

The National Safety Council will formally acknowledge the USIC Oklahoma team with the 2019 'Our Driving Concern' Oklahoma Employer Traffic Safety Award at an official award presentation in July at the 2019 Oklahoma...

We train constantly, so that safety becomes involuntary. Our actions aren't a choice, rather an instinct, in emergent situations. Nothing challenges those instincts more than a personal emergency. Shawn...

USIC was happy and proud to receive a Facebook message from a Nebraska resident regarding a recent incident in which a USIC locate technician, Aldo, owned Safety for the community. Ann, a driver who witnessed the...

It's good practice to scan the roadway for potential hazards while driving. How often do you observe hazards not in your path, but along it? How do you know whether to "own" safety for that hazard or not? Georgia...

Our own words couldn't do justice to express what this Southampton Police Officer's wife said about USIC Locate Technician, Bill Dymond. Here is what she shared with us: "To Whom This May Concern, I wanted to...

USIC technicians are trained to identify and avoid any number of dangers in wooded areas. Trees and brush are full of ticks, snakes and tripping hazards - but occasionally they come across something more sinister. Nick...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 36,000 people are injured by chainsaws annually, and that number continues to grow. Medical costs for chainsaw injuries based on these facts...

Imagine arriving home to find that not only had a car crashed into the side of your house - but that it had also caused an explosion that further damaged your property and even injured your neighbors. USIC locate...

This is one of those stories that will just give you chills; a series of events that align the right people at the right time. We are incredibly thankful that Michele's story had a happy ending and dread to think how...

USIC Supervisors spend a lot of time in their fleet vehicles, canvasing their services areas. They are not only trained to be vigilant drivers, they ensure the technicians under their supervision are also trained and...

Congratulations to Robert "Wayne" Southerland, a Supervisor in Marietta, GA, who retired October 30 after 27 years of service in the utility locating industry. Since joining USIC as a Supervisor in 2013, Wayne has had...

In this year of unprecedented challenges and hardships for so many, USIC's Nevada District came together to provide some holiday joy to families in our community. Led by Ops Manager Greg Noel and the management team, the...

Congratulations to USIC Supervisor Colton Casanova, who was named Champion of the Louisiana Locate Rodeo, held January 19 at the Louisiana Damage Prevention Summit in Baton Rouge. Colton won an all-expenses-paid trip to...

Louisiana 811 named USIC Expert Technician Korey White a 2020 Louisiana Locator of the Year at the Louisiana Damage Prevention Summit, held January 19. Korey was recognized for outstanding work, maintaining zero at-fault...

South Carolina Master Technician Thomas Manigault has been a dedicated member of the USIC team for 30 years! He began his locating career with NOCUTS on his 21st birthday in 1991, working out of a van without air...

Master Technician Ken Thompson began his career at USIC in 2001 in Newport News, VA. For the last 19 years, he has been protecting our customers' infrastructure and our communities in Pender, New Hanover, and Brunswick...

We are looking forward to STAR (Safe Technician Appreciation and Recognition) Week August 9-13 - the time to show our techs how much they, and the work they do to protect infrastructure and communities, are valued and...

USIC Regional Director, Mid Atlantic, Chris Russ was elected President of the North Carolina 811 (NC811) Board of Directors and Vice President of Operations by the organization's Board of Directors on July 16, 2021. ...

USIC Senior Technician Sam Mashkulli of Brooklyn, NY has achieved 30,000 damage-free locates - quite the quality streak! That's not all Sam has accomplished. In September, he achieved a stellar safe driving score,...

USIC Vice President of Environment, Health and Safety Tom Karnowski has joined the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety's (NETS) Board of Directors. USIC is proud to be an active member of NETS with a shared commitment...

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--USIC was presented CenterPoint Energy's (CNP) 2021 Locate Vendor of the Year award for Indiana. CNP provides electric transmission and distribution in Indiana and Texas, and power...

Shout out to our 811 Operations' West Central Texas Team for reaching the safety milestone of TWO YEARS WITH ZERO INJURIES and ONE YEAR WITH ZERO VEHICLE ACCIDENTS while performing locates throughout a 27,000-square-mile...

Congratulations to our Blood Hound team for achieving ONE YEAR WITH ZERO OSHA RECORDABLE INJURIES! Blood Hound, a member of USIC's Advanced Utility Solutions Division, provides...