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Protect your land, family, and community by using 811 before every digging project. The video tells the story of a high pressure natural gas pipeline which was punctured on a family operated farm while deep ripping.

A farm family shares their first-hand experience of encountering a pipeline while installing field drain tile.

This video examines the safe delivery and characteristics of natural gas.

The Iowa One Call center partnered with Northern Natural Gas to develop this damage prevention video. The incident in review took place near Hinton, Iowa in April, 2012. Although the events took place in Iowa, viewers from every state can learn valuable lessons from this video. Northern Natural Gas employees and the aerial patrol pilot…

The accident described in this video occurred in Hudson, Iowa, on November 4, 1982. This serves as the framework to demonstrate the tragic consequences of incomplete or misunderstood communications between pipeline operators such as Northern Natural Gas and contractors excavating around pipelines and pipeline facilities.

The incident described in this film did not involve a pipeline operated by Marathon Pipeline LLC; however, every pipeline operator encourages all farmers and drain tile installers working near pipelines to watch the film and implement the safety practices promoted. The documentary shows the first-person account of a tragic drain tile accident and its impact…

On April 15, 2020, Northern Natural Gas was notified by its contracted aerial patrol pilot of an excavation taking place on a section of two-inch-diameter high-pressure natural gas transmission pipeline that serves the town of Lamont, Iowa. The pipeline operates at approximately 870 psig. A Northern employee was immediately dispatched to the location and discovered…

On April 29, 2025, Northern Natural Gas was notified by its contracted aerial patrol pilot of an active drain tiling operation underway near Brooklyn, Iowa. The excavator took over his grandfather’s company, and his two brothers took time off from work and school to assist in the drain tile project. The excavator’s compelling, genuine account…