Last month we presented several photographs to be coded. I would like to dedicate this entire article to one code in particular, the OBI code.
The Pipeline Assessment and Certification Program and Lateral Assessment and Certification Program manuals define the OBI Code as an “Object Intruding Through the Pipe Wall — typically third-party objects that have been inserted after the pipeline/sewer’s construction.” This code is used in pipelines and laterals to describe a condition within a pipe where another utility such as a gas line has penetrated the pipe, causing a very serious and potentially dangerous phenomenon known as a cross
