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Electrical safety and you - HSE
www.hse.gov.ukRemember that electricity can flash over from overhead lines even though plant and equipment do not touch them. More detailed guidance is available in HSE publication Avoiding danger from overhead power lines (GS6).3 Electrified railways and tramways If you are working near electrified railways or tramways, consult the line or track operating ...
Code of practice for safe use of cranes
learninglegacy.hs2.org.uk[N1]HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE (HSE). Guidance Note GS6, Avoiding danger from overhead power lines. Sudbury: HSE Books, 2013. [N2]HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE (HSE). Safe use of lifting equipment. Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998. Approved Code of Practice and guidance. L113 (Second edition). Sudbury: HSE Books, 2014.
Avoiding danger from overhead power lines GS6 - HSE
www.hse.gov.ukHealth and Safety Avoiding danger from overhead power lines Page 2 of 12 Introduction 1 Every year people at work are killed or seriously injured when they come into contact with live overhead electricity power lines. These incidents often involve: machinery, eg cranes, lorry-loader cranes, combine harvesters, and tipping trailers; ...
Avoiding danger from overhead power lines GS6
www.hse.gov.ukHealth and Safety Avoiding danger from overhead power lines Page 3 of 12 Figure 2 11 kV distribution line Figure 3 400 V distribution line 7 Most high-voltage overhead lines, ie …