Roughly 38 million people will commence with a digging project this year without first having underground utility lines marked, and a line is damaged once every nine minutes because someone started digging without first calling 811.
With that in mind, and as a member of the Common Ground Alliance, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) encourages its members companies, their employees and their customers to support safe digging practices. But more importantly, the association strongly urges them to always call 811 before undertaking any digging project.