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Working Around High Voltage Lines
Probably the most potentially hazardous electrical situation in industrial plants and construction sites is accidental contact with overhead wiring. Protection from contact with overhead wiring is provided by ISOLATION-or distance-not INSULATION. The covering you may observe on some overhead lines is a weatherproofing. This coating may become brittle, crack, and fall off. It is not intended to provide insulation from contact.

Operators of equipment like

  • Backhoes
  • Dump trucks
  • Bucket trucks
  • Booms and cranes should be especially conscious of overhead wiring.

The hazard of contact is also posed to workers on ladders and scaffolding or those handling or moving any type of long tools or equipment like sections of metal pipe.
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