Call 811 before you dig. Know what’s below.
Before picking up a shovel, pick up the telephone. Electric, water, sewer, natural gas, telephone, and cable television lines are often buried underground. 1 wrong move can cause you and your neighbors to be cut off from vital services- or cause death or injury to you from an electric shock or an explosion.
At least 2 business days before you plan to dig, call Oregon’s one-call center. Affected utility companies will come out and use color-coded paint to mark the locations of underground utilities. Calling ahead is not only common sense, it is the law.