Hydrovac power distribution excavation across Ontario uses pressurised water to break up soil and a high-flow vacuum to lift the slurry away, exposing buried electrical infrastructure without the blunt-force risk of a backhoe or trencher.
For power distribution specifically, the stakes are different from any other utility. A mechanical strike on an energized cable is not only a costly outage — it is an arc-flash and electrocution hazard to the crew on site.
That is why OE treats this work by a clear principle: safer than the alternative is not the same as safe. Hydrovac is the right method around distribution plant precisely because it removes the strike risk — but it is still excavation near energized infrastructure, and we treat it with full hazard controls, not casual confidence.