Overhead power lines

Includes examples of workers and companies prosecuted for electrical injuries from overhead power lines.

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  1. Farmer prosecuted for failing to warn driver of overhead lineshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/overhead/farmer.htm
  2. Contractor sustains electric shock after failure to isolate power supplyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/overhead/isolate.htm
  3. Lorry driver suffers burnshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/overhead/lorry.htm
  4. Painters burnt whilst moving tower scaffoldhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/overhead/painters.htm
  5. Trainee scaffolder died when scaffold tube came into contact with overhead linehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/overhead/scaffold.htm
  6. Contractor dies whilst erecting a lighting towerhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/overhead/under.htm

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Updated:2023-03-16