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| If You Contact an Overhead Power Line |
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| Whether you operate heavy equipment or use handheld tools, when you work outdoors, you risk injury or death if you contact an overhead power line. Be sure you know what to do if this emergency happens on your job site. |
| Order our FREE worker safety training kit on the Duquesne Light Company e-SMARTworkers website. |
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| Stay on the Equipment and Warn Others to Keep Away |
| Create an emergency plan and review it before work begins so that everyone knows what to do if their equipment contacts an overhead power line. Here are the critical steps: |
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Move the equipment away from the line if you can do so safely. |
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Remain on the equipment until utility workers say it is safe to get off. |
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Warn others to stay away from the line and anything it is touching. Anyone who touches the line, the equipment, or even the ground nearby may be injured or killed. |
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Have someone call 911 and Duquesne Light Company immediately. |
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| If You Must Exit the Equipment |
If fire or other danger forces you off the equipment: |
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Do NOT touch the equipment and the ground at the same time. |
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Jump clear and land with your feet together. |
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Shuffle away with small steps, keeping your feet close together and on the ground at all times. |
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Do NOT return to the equipment until utility personnel tell you it is safe to do so. |
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| Would You Like to Know More? |
| Additional utility safety tips, case studies, instructional videos, and training tools can all be found, at no charge to you, on Duquesne Light Company's e-SMARTworkers website. |
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