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# Chicago Utility Strikes by Excavating Contractor (811 Hit Tickets): 2026 statistics from 368 public records

**The most common facility hit is Gas main or service: 139 of 368 records (37.8%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Chicago 811 Chicago utility hit tickets (data.cityofchicago.org)).**

Data as of 2026-11-04 · Compiled by Zalwin from City of Chicago 811 Chicago utility hit tickets (data.cityofchicago.org) Copy citation

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## Key findings

- Zalwin's ChicagoUtilityHitPulse dataset holds 368 ChicagoUtilityHitPulse records dated 2026-05-01 to 2026-11-02 (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Chicago 811 Chicago utility hit tickets (data.cityofchicago.org)). [#](#finding-1)
- The most common facility hit is Gas main or service: 139 of 368 records (37.8%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Chicago 811 Chicago utility hit tickets (data.cityofchicago.org)). [#](#finding-2)
- Across 368 records with a stated excavator hits in 180 days, the total is 21,162 and the median is 14; the largest is 138 (Chicago Department of Water Management) (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Chicago 811 Chicago utility hit tickets (data.cityofchicago.org)). [#](#finding-3)
- The top 10% of records by excavator hits in 180 days (37 of 368) account for 24.0% of the total (as of 2026-11-04; source: City of Chicago 811 Chicago utility hit tickets (data.cityofchicago.org)). [#](#finding-4)
- 64 of 368 records (17.4%) are dated within the 30 days before 2026-11-04 (source: City of Chicago 811 Chicago utility hit tickets (data.cityofchicago.org)). [#](#finding-5)

## ChicagoUtilityHitPulse records by facility hit

| Group | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gas main or service | 139 | 37.8% |
| Water or sewer | 82 | 22.3% |
| Electric cable or conduit | 53 | 14.4% |
| Street lighting or traffic signal | 39 | 10.6% |
| Fiber, phone or cable TV | 29 | 7.9% |
| Other or unknown | 26 | 7.1% |

## Methodology and data provenance

- Sample: 368 public records dated 2026-05-01 to 2026-11-02; illustrative samples excluded.

- Source: City of Chicago 811 Chicago utility hit tickets (data.cityofchicago.org). Refreshed automatically about every 24 hours; figures above are as of 2026-11-04.

- Shares are of all records in the dataset; totals and medians use only records with a stated excavator hits in 180 days.

- Organization-level data only. Informational; verify individual records at the official source.

### Cite this study

Zalwin Research, "ChicagoUtilityHitPulse statistics" (data as of 2026-11-04), https://zalwin.com/research/chicagoutilityhitpulse

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