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3.2.2 Overhead Power Lines <br /> Hazard: Refer to 3.2.1 Hazard <br /> Control: Operation of equipment in the vicinity of overhead power lines shall be in accordance with <br /> Cal-OSHA Electrical Safety Orders. The subcontractor's field supervisors and operators shall take <br /> necessary precautions for implementing safe work practices under such conditions. The following <br /> information was excerpted from the Cal-OSHA Electrical Safety Orders. Refer to Table 2 in this <br /> excerpt for drilling equipment clearance requirements for overhead power lines. <br /> "Article 37. Provisions for Preventing Accidents Due to Proximity to Overhead <br /> Lines(Formerly Article 86). Paragraph 2946. <br /> (a) General. No person,firm, or corporation, or agent of same, shall require or <br /> permit any employee to perform any function in proximity to energized high-voltage <br /> lines; to enter upon any land, building, or other premises and there engage in <br /> excavation, demolition, construction, repair, or other operation; or to erect, install, <br /> operate, or store in or upon such premises any tools, machinery, equipment, <br /> materials, or structures (including scaffolding, house moving, well drilling, pile <br /> driving, or hoisting equipment) unless and until danger from accidental contact <br /> with said high-voltage lines has been effectively guarded against. <br /> (b) Clearances or Safeguards Required- Except where overhead electrical <br /> distribution and transmission lines have been de-energized and visibly grounded, <br /> the following provisions shall be met: <br /> 1. Overhead Lines. The operation, erection, or handling of tools, machinery, <br /> apparatus, supplies, or materials, or any part thereof, over energized <br /> overhead high-voltage lines shall be prohibited (unless published exceptions <br /> are met). <br /> 2. The operation, erection, handling, or transportation of tools, machinery, <br /> materials, structures, scaffolds, ....., or any other activity where any parts of <br /> the above or any part of an employee's body will come closer than the <br /> minimum clearances from energized overhead lines as set forth in Table 1 <br /> shall be prohibited. <br /> 3. Operation of boom-type equipment shall conform to the minimum clearances <br /> set forth in Table 2, except in transit where the boom is lowered and there is <br /> no lead attached, in which case the distances specified in Table I shall apply. <br /> Project No.58475-06-70 -9- April 25,2003 <br />