What those reviews turn on

Since 2016, Ohio's damage prevention law has had enforcement behind it. Complaints go to the PUCO, staff conduct an inquiry, and the Underground Technical Committee reviews the report (ORC Chapter 4913).

If your locate record is a form and a memory, you're offering a recollection. If it's a position on every point with its accuracy, the depth, the method, the time and the locator, you're offering a complete account of the work.

A form and a photo can't do that.

What Ohio locate crews get

  • Complete by default. Every point records position with its accuracy, depth, method, utility type, time and locator. When a complaint gets filed, the record already exists.
  • The sketch is mostly done before the truck moves. Drawn to scale from the captured points.
  • Your own hardware. Radiodetection, Vivax-Metrotech and Rycom locators. Trimble, Eos, Emlid, Juniper and Bad Elf receivers.
  • Records that reach your clients. Delivered to your utility clients' GIS, or in the format they ask for.

For Ohio utilities and operators

Many of Ohio's gas systems are run by large operators, and they inherit whatever documentation their contractors produce.

Ohio has had active enforcement since 2016, and the UTC reviews real cases every year.

We can't tell you what the UTC will ask for, and we don't try. What we can tell you is what's on the record: every point with its position and accuracy, depth, method, time and locator.

Locate records

Built for how Ohio works

Workflows are set up around OHIO811 tickets and Ohio's two-working-day notice, not a generic template.

And when anyone asks what your locate documentation looks like, you can show them.

Ohio questions (FAQPage schema)

What do TerraFlow records contain? Positions with the accuracy recorded at capture, a timestamp per measurement, the locator's identity, depth, method and utility details, in one structure. A complete account of the work. (We provide records, not legal advice.)

Does it work with OHIO811 tickets? Yes. Every locate is recorded against its OHIO811 ticket number, so each point ties back to the original request.

Our crews run mixed, older hardware. Does that matter? No. Radiodetection, Vivax-Metrotech and Rycom locators and all the receivers on our supported list work in the same app.

How long to get an Ohio crew running? We set up your workflows first. Training takes about an hour on your own equipment, then it's production tickets.

Closing

Bring a complete record to your next dig season.

Fifteen minutes, your hardware, a real Ohio ticket. Book an Ohio demo