Please join us in pledging that you are all in for Damage Free Diggin'!
Damage to underground utility lines is a major problem in the United States. Incidents caused by unsafe digging practices can compromise community safety and disconnect people from critical services.
And these incidents occur more often than you’d think. Digging activity damages a buried utility line every three minutes in the United States, and one-third of incidents are caused because a free call wasn’t made to 811 to notify the local call-before-you-dig center, according to Common Ground Alliance statistics.
This free phone call is the first step to prevent utility damage, and it's an important one. Calling 811 before digging reduces the likelihood of an incident to less than 1 percent.
There are five steps to safer digging, requiring participation from all stakeholder groups:
1. Make a free call to 811 a few days before digging.
2. Wait the required time.
3. Locate accurately.
4. Respect the marks.
5. Dig with care.
The last four steps only matter when you take the first one and call 811. That’s why we’re asking you to make THE 811 PROMISE.
To complete the pledge online, click here. To print out the 811 Day pledge, click here. To learn more about 811, click here. For staff meeting/training meeting talking points, click here.
Show this video at your next staff/safety meeting:click here
Respect the flags, Cliff Meidl’s construction accident could have been prevented by calling before digging.
8/11 Day on iwearyourshirt.com!
You're hired ! Be a volunteer shirt wearer for 8/11 day with the www.IWearYourShirt.com team. Submit your photos here. Make sure someone, or several someones, is wearing a shirt in which 811 can be clearly seen. Images for a montage video will be selected from all those entered. Don't miss your chance to promote safe digging nationwide and be a part of the group shirting! Enter as many unique images as you like. To enter and to view the entry rules and guidelines click here.
Order a FREE 4’ x 8’ or 4’ x 2’ Vinyl Banner
from Georgia 811
Email Meghan Chestnutt: mchestnutt@georgia811com
The only requirement to get your free banner is take a picture of it once it is up
and email it and the location of the banner back to Meghan Chestnutt
before the end of April.
Social Media Ideas Share 8/11 day safe digging messages on your favorite social networks. Click Here for messaging.
Let them eat 811 cake!
Use this graphic to celebrate 8/11 day with your employees.
Download this cake and take it to your local bakery. Don’t forget to send photos of your tasty reminder and staff enjoying it to mchestnutt@georgia811.com.
