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Most Common Mistakes / Did you know? / Safety Tips

Downed powerlines may still be carrying electrical current.
To avoid an accident - stay up to 35 feet away from downed powerlines, and contact your Local Distribution Company (Electric Utility) to notify them of downed powerlines.

If you are in a vehicle that comes in contact with powerlines, do not leave the vehicle unless you are in immediate danger.  Touching the vehicle and the ground at the same time is fatal. 

If there is an immediate fire danger you should jump out of the vehicle landing with your feet together without touching the vehicle and the ground at the same time. You should then shuffle away without raising your feet off the ground – ensuring that your feet are always touching one another.

Overhead powerlines can carry different levels of voltage, in addition some are insulated and others are not.  Always identify and stay clear of overhead powerlines.

Electricity can arc from an uninsulated line to a metal object.
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