--- title: Dig Safe with TRUVAC description: Safe digging facts and videos, demonstrating Truvac's vacuum excavation equipment helping to avoid utility line strikes. 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It’s about taking the time to look at plans, make a call to your state’s 811 call center or make an online request 2-3 days before the work start date, inspect your equipment, and form a plan.  These few steps can be the difference between getting the job done right, and disaster. If you take a short cut, you might find yourself quickly faced with a digging hazard that risks injury to your crew, and damage to equipment, nearby structures and existing infrastructure. Safe digging is the responsibility of every contractor and why proper planning, a call to 811 before you dig, and using the right excavating equipment is vital to worker and site safety. Once all utilities have marked their buried lines, you should dig carefully around any utility marks and consider relocating projects that are close to buried utilities. State laws generally prohibit the use of mechanized equipment within 18-24" on all sides of a marked utility- also called the "tolerance zone." Vacuum excavation, or non-destructive digging, is the preferred method for exposing subsurface utilities and the kind of safe digging that Truvac equipment delivers. ## vacuum excavation & Safe digging ### Know Your Colors xxxxxx Yellow excavation flags mean gas lines might be near. Blue flags might represent irrigation lines. Before you dig, know your colors. ### Buried Utilitiesxxxxxx Did you know that there is over a football field’s length of buried utilities for every person in the U.S.? That’s why it’s so important to know what's below. ### know what's below Did you know that there are more than 100 billion feet of underground utilities in the U.S. and Canada? So before you dig, call 811. ### Safe Digging Facts Safe Digging is more than avoiding utility lines. It also means avoiding cave-ins and hazardous gases. About 1,000 U.S. workers are hurt every year by excavation cave-ins.  Digging safe means using a vacuum excavator. We offer training!   Learn to dig safe.   The TRUVAC way. ## read on to learn more ## [Why is vacuum excavation the best choice for safe digging?](https://www.truvac.com/news-press/best-choice-for-safe-digging) [![TRUVAC Safe Digging Coloring Book](https://www.truvac.com/hs-fs/hubfs/truvac/photos/TRUVAC-Safe-Digging-Coloring-Book2.png?width=384&height=301&name=TRUVAC-Safe-Digging-Coloring-Book2.png "TRUVAC Safe Digging Coloring Book")](https://www.truvac.com/hubfs/truvac/pdf/TRUVAC%20Coloring%20Book%2009.2023.pdf) ## [Download THE Coloring Book](https://www.truvac.com/hubfs/truvac/pdf/TRUVAC%20Safe%20Digging%20Month%20Coloring%20Book%202021.pdf) 811 protects you and your community! Hitting a buried line while digging can disrupt utility service, cost money to repair, or cause serious injury or death. 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