Digging Safely

The Tennessee Gas Association is not a natural gas distribution company. We do not sell natural gas to homeowners or companies. However, we want you to have access to necessary safety information as it may pertain to natural gas. We encourage you to contact your local natural gas company for further safety information or dial 911 if you have an emergency.

IF YOU SMELL OR DETECT NATURAL GAS OUTSIDE, CALL YOUR NATURAL GAS COMPANY OR CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY

State Law requires anyone about to engage in either digging, excavation, moving of earth, demolition, or any type of activity that disturbs the earth and therefore possibly involving a danger to damaging underground utility lines, to notify Tennessee One Call, of their intent to dig.  You can simply dial 811 at no charge from any phone, or you can submit locate ticket requests electronically at www.tn811.com. Tennessee One Call will then notify the member utilities of your proposed work. The utility company locator will then have 72 hours, excluding holidays and weekends, to locate those underground facilities.

While not required by law, in addition to calling Tennessee One Call, you may also want to contact any non-member utilities that you know are in the area of your proposed work.
The locate ticket you receive is only valid for 15 calendar days from the start date indicated on the ticket, after which time, it expires. If you wish to continue working, you must call in at least 3 working days before the expiration date to renew your locate ticket, at which time you will be given a new ticket

number.

Visit Tennessee 811 at www.tenn811.com for complete information.