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Workers are usually hub risks when operating electric trucks in the vicinity of overhead power lines. The risk of serious injury is significantly higher for non-electrical workers if they are not trained to recognize electrical hazards and how to avoid them.

Airlines utilities are a particularly dangerous risk for employees to use the bucket truck to perform non-electrical work. Under certain circumstances, can even power lines and telephone typical households to generate enough power to kill a person. The pros and below the current recommendations to avoid the risk of electric shock by staff, discussed the non-power face.

* All power lines should not be touched and excited as can be handled with bare hands.
* All items and persons to stay at least 10 feet away from power lines.
* When working near power lines to the bowl with material that is well qualified to be isolated.
* Even when working from a bucket of insulation, make sure your device can not inadvertently develop additional routes for the current expansion in the field.
* For the close cooperation of living near power lines, you should insulate the power lines and the use of appropriate protective equipment.
* All electrical and insulation barriers must be dry and free of dirt, worn parts, cracks and other forms of deterioration.
* Personal protective equipment and power tools should be properly evaluated for the job.
* Always check with your utility company if you turn the device can be installed in or near the power cord insulation.
* Increase the distance between the power cables, if long-handled tools so that tools can not afford to accidental contact with the cable at its greatest extent.
* People around the bucket truck must have physical contact with the vehicle when in use near power lines.

OSHA regulations on working conditions insulation around electrical wires needed to maintain the tension of less than 300 workers, the minimum distance is 3 meters.

The three foot rule reflects OSHA regulations. NIOSH, on the other hand, recommends that workers receive a minimum distance of 10 meters of electrical cables of 50 kV or less vertical. Before 50kV, NIOSH recommends further 0.4 inches for each 1 kV over 50 years.

We note in passing that the crane safety standard, CFR 1926.550 (a) (15) (i) indicates that the minimum distance to be held from 10 meters between the crane and power lines under 50 kV.

Most power lines are not insulated. So the best security practice is to remove all power cables for energy and not less than three meters to get to see them. Of course, you have to consider all other security-related items to take and increase the minimum distance accordingly.