Working Around Overhead Power Lines

This working near overhead power lines checklist helps construction teams plan and conduct safe work in proximity to electrical infrastructure. It covers hazard identification, reviewing drawings and registers for overhead services, signage and height indicators, establishing safe approach distances and physical barriers, configuring plant height and slew restrictors, assigning accredited safety observers or spotters, verifying worker competencies, fitting tiger tails on low-voltage lines, ensuring clear access and egress, pre-use and third-party plant inspections, and confirming an understood emergency response plan. Use it to document findings, corrective actions, and inspection team members to support compliance and reduce risk.