Safety Talk

What’s at Stake? When you install or remove overhead lines, you must protect yourself and others against hazards that could expose you to shock, electrocution, falls, flying and falling objects, and burns. What’s the Danger? Working near high voltage power lines carries considerable risk for anyone in the surrounding area. When setting, moving, or removing a power pole near any exposed live conductor, the pole could contact the conductor and energize the pole and/or damage the conductor, creating multiple hazards for a work crew. Electricity can arc out from a point of contact and the area around a conduction point, such as a crane […]