| Document ID (ISN) | 78420 |
| CIS number |
02-892 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-7176-1348-8 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Convention or series no. |
Guidance Note GS 6 (3rd ed.)
|
| Author(s) |
Health and Safety Executive |
| Title |
Avoidance of danger from overhead electric power lines |
| Bibliographic information |
HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 6FS, United Kingdom, 3rd. ed., 1997, reprinted 2001. 8p. Illus. 5 ref. Price: GBP 5.00 |
| Abstract |
This guidance note is a revision of the 1991 edition (see CIS 92-278). The dangers of work where there may be contact with overhead electric lines and legal obligations of those responsible for such work are outlined. The precautions to be taken at construction sites where there is or is not work or passage of plant under the lines are set out, with plans and drawings of the arrangements of barriers and access points. Precautions to be taken during blasting operations are also outlined. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
work near electric lines; overhead electric lines; United Kingdom |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
responsibilities of employers; data sheet; prevention of access; shotfiring and blasting |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Electricity
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Electrical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Electricity
|
