Dump Truck

How to Avoid Risk –

Look Up! When operating construction equipment. Locate poles carrying overhead powerlines before you lift your load. Keep your truck box and equipment more than 10 feet away from powerlines on poles, and follow Occupational Health & Safety Act requirements for signage and spotters. Keep a look out for supporting guy wires – treat all powerlines as high voltage.   

How to Avoid Risk –

Look Out! Treat downed powerlines as live. Stay at least 35 feet away from downed powerlines – the ground around these lines may be energized.

In the event of a powerline emergency call 911.

If you are in a vehicle that has contacted a powerline stay in the vehicle until help arrives.

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.