When any operations are to be performed, tools or materials are to be handled, or equipment is to be moved or operated, within ten feet (10'), or the distance required by an applicable standard of the Tennessee occupational health administration, of any high-voltage overhead line, the person or persons responsible for the work to be done shall promptly notify the operator of the high-voltage overhead line of the work to be performed, and such person shall be responsible for the completion of the safety measures that are required by §§ 50-3-1002 and 50-3-1003, before proceeding with any work that would impair the clearance.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-3-1005
Notification to power company and responsibility for safeguards
Known as the Occupational Safety and Health Act
The act spans §§ 50-3-1001 to 50-3-920 (95 sections).
Acts 1955, ch. 289, § 5; T.C.A., §§ 53-2805, 68-21-105; Acts 2011, ch. 157, §§ 6, 7; 2012, ch. 681, §§ 2, 4; T.C.A. § 68-103-105.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.