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renosteinke

try this on:
Above from:
Selection and use of work practices - 1910.333 http://tinyurl.com/pla2e (Had to reduce OSHA's link)


Here are a few more links:
A Guide to Scaffold Use in the Construction Industry Small Business Safety Management Series

OSHA 3150
2002 (Revised) http://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3150/osha3150.html

Frequently Violated OSHA Standards Related to Overhead Power Lines in the Construction Industry
January 1, 1995 - February 8, 2000 (Sequential Order by Standard) http://www.osha.gov/Region7/overheadpowerlines/elecstds.html

OVERHEAD POWER LINES - DON'T GET ZAPPED!
EMPLOYER KIT
February 3, 2003 http://www.osha.gov/Region7/overheadpowerlines/index.html

Our Power Companies here have a system where if we are notified of impending work near our lines, we will sleeve them for free
Here's one of our guys doing just that:



Anything less is a bad excuse for safety practice.

That's quite common here as well. When scaffolding is up for work on a building, you'll often see bright yellow sleeving over the lines which has been fitted temporarily by the PoCo.

Most poco's come out witin a day or so in my area. I got a call from a roofer who said they hit the service cable lifting a material pulley to the roof. When I got there I saw they actually hit a hi tension wire and it blew the capping off the roof started a fire and blew a hole thru the side of the pulley. That is the problem some contr. never put safety first it would have been a simple call to have the wires protected.