Mississippi 811 Inc

Mississippi 811, Inc. (MS811) is a non-profit organization providing underground utility notification service under Mississippi Code of 1972, Chapter 13, Sections 77-13-1 through 77-13-23. MS811 is a computerized information center located in Jackson which establishes a statewide communications link between those who dig (excavators) and those who own and operate underground facilities (operators) in Mississippi. The information center is funded by member utility companies operating or maintaining underground facilities throughout the state. Members of MS811 are operators engaged in the communications, Gas Transmission, Gas Distribution, Electric Power, Products/Pipeline, Municipal Gas/Water/Sewer, cable TV, and other industries. The law requires excavators, contractors, builders and private citizens who are going to drill, blast, dig and/or bore to notify Mississippi 811, Inc. prior to any of these activities in order to prevent damage to underground facilities, injury and death to citizens and the curtailment of vital services. Upon receiving a notification of intent to excavate, MS811 will notify any affected member utility companies who will send an employee or representative to the dig site and mark where the underground facilities are, so they may be avoided. Prior to the existence of MS811, a contractor or homeowner had to make many calls in order to notify the utility companies. In doing so, a contractor or homeowner might easily miss notifying a utility company and fail to alert all the utility companies that have underground facilities in the area.