Overhead High-Voltage Line Safety Act

The act governs activity carried out near energized overhead high-voltage lines, placing responsibility for avoiding electrical contact on the people and employers who perform or control that work. It prohibits bringing workers, tools, equipment, or materials within an unsafe distance of an energized line unless the owner or operator of the line has first been notified and precautionary safety arrangements have been made, and it further addresses the posting of warning signs and circumstances in which required clearance would be reduced. Alongside those duties, it provides for enforcement, allocates liability for injury or damage arising from violations, and exempts certain persons and activities from its requirements.

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