Safety Information

Call Before You Dig

Whether you are a contractor working on a site or a homeowner working around your own home, please note: Digging can be dangerous if you don't check first for underground wiring or cable. Underground wires could be power, telephone or cable television. Or there could be other underground utilities such as natural gas lines, water or sewers.

Never dig around your home or business without first calling the toll-free number for "Call Before You Dig".

These statewide services that will contact member utilities to come to the site and mark where the underground utilities are located. They will respond to calls made to CBYD for marking underground lines.

• Before You Dig in Connecticut, call 1-800-922-4455. Connecticut law requires you to call at least two full working days, excluding weekends and holidays, before digging.
  
  
• Before You Dig in Massachusetts, call 1-888-DIG-SAFE (1-888-344-7233). Massachusetts law requires that you call 72 hours before digging.
  
  
• Before You Dig in New Hampshire, call 1-888-DIG-SAFE (1-888-344-7233). New Hampshire law requires you to call at least three full working days, excluding weekends and holidays, before digging.