Working Near Overhead Power Lines SWMS
Working in the vicinity of overhead power lines: exclusion zones, spotters and plant control.
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What this version covers
Work with plant, equipment or materials near overhead electric lines, including planning, exclusion zones, spotters and emergency response to line contact.
Objective
Complete the work safely by controlling electrocution from contact or near-approach to live conductors through confirmed exclusion distances, network coordination, goal posts/tiger tails and a dedicated spotter.
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Work with plant, equipment or materials near overhead electric lines, including planning, exclusion zones, spotters and emergency response to line contact.
Tree work in proximity to overhead power lines, controlling electrocution from a tree, limb, plant or climber contacting energised conductors.
Work with plant, equipment or materials near overhead electric lines, including planning, exclusion zones, spotters and emergency response to line contact.
Working with cranes, plant, equipment or materials near overhead electric lines, including planning, exclusion zones, spotters and emergency response to line contact.
Work with plant, ladders, materials and cabling near overhead electric lines, including planning, exclusion zones, spotters and emergency response to line contact.
Identifying and maintaining clearance from overhead power lines during deck, pergola and outdoor structure construction using EWPs, extension ladders and long timber members near the lines.
Demolition and plant operations carried out in proximity to overhead electric lines, controlling the risk of contact, flashover and electrocution through exclusion zones, spotters and emergency response.
Work with plant, EWPs, ladders, materials and aerials near overhead electric lines, including planning, exclusion zones, spotters and emergency response to line contact.
Work with plant, EWPs, ladders, materials and aerials near overhead electric lines, including planning, exclusion zones, spotters and emergency response to line contact.
Work with plant, EWPs, ladders, materials and aerials near overhead electric lines, including planning, exclusion zones, spotters and emergency response to line contact.
Planning and carrying out facade works, plant operations and material handling near overhead power lines including service connections to the building.
Identifying and keeping clear of overhead power lines during vacuum truck work - the boom slewing and raising, the tank tipping at discharge, lances and hoses raised near lines and the truck travelling under lines.
Identifying and keeping clear of overhead power lines during irrigation work - excavators and tip trucks on rural properties, pivot spans and towers, long pipe and aluminium mains, pump sheds under lines and ladders.
Identifying and keeping clear of overhead power lines and the service drop during roofing - cranes and conveyors, EWPs, ladders, and long metal sheets and gutters carried on the roof and at the edge.
Piling, craneage and plant movement near overhead power lines including planning clearances, spotters, permits and no-go zone management.
Cranes, borers, EWPs, poles and long materials near live overhead lines - identifying lines, confirming clearances with the network, isolation or protection, exclusion zones, spotters and line-contact response.
Identifying and maintaining clearance from overhead power lines during pressure cleaning and sealing work using EWPs, extension lances, ladders and conductive equipment near the lines.
Work where plant, scaffold, ladders or long materials could approach or contact overhead power lines on or around a residential site.
Identifying and keeping clear of overhead power lines and the service drop during retaining wall work - excavators and tip trucks, cranes unloading blocks and panels, augers, and long sleepers and posts raised on end.
Road works near overhead power lines including tipper, elevating work platform (EWP) and plant operation, planning exclusion zones, spotter use and emergency response to powerline contact.
Roof work with ladders, platforms, long battens, capping and pressure washer lances near overhead electric lines and the service drop to the building.
Roofing work with plant, ladders, metal sheets and materials near overhead electric lines, including planning, exclusion zones, spotters and emergency response to line contact.
Work with scaffold, plant, equipment or materials near overhead electric lines, including planning, exclusion zones, spotters and emergency response to line contact.
Identifying and maintaining clearance from overhead power lines during shade post erection, sail rigging and EWP work using EWPs, cranes, steel posts and long materials near the lines.
Identifying and maintaining clearance from overhead power lines during shed and rural building erection using cranes, telehandlers, EWPs and long structural members near the lines.
Work near overhead power lines in waste and skip bin operations - raising hoists, bins and tipping bodies, and moving vehicles and plant beneath or beside conductors.
Working at height with plant, EWPs, ladders, scaffold tube and materials near overhead electric lines, including exclusion zones, spotters and emergency response to line contact.
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