Key learnings:
- Safety Rules for Overhead Lines Definition: Safety rules for overhead lines include guidelines to prevent accidents around live electrical conductors.
- Avoid Climbing and Tying: No climbing towers with live conductors and no tying animals to tower parts.
- Handling Snapped Conductors: Proper shutdown and earthing are essential before touching snapped conductors.
- Maintain Safe Clearances: Follow safety clearances for overhead lines to avoid hazards.
- Report Issues: Report any sparking or other issues with live overhead lines to authorities.
- Nobody should climb any tower carrying live overhead conductors.
- Cows or other domestic animals should not be tied with any tower legs and stay wires.
- Nobody should be allowed to throw any metallic strip, metallic wire, ropes and green twinges to the live over head lines.
- If any conductor is snapped or dangling from the tower, do not touch it without a proper shutdown and temporary earthing. No one should approach the snapped conductor until the circuit is isolated and earthed from both ends substations. Additionally, temporarily earth the snapped conductors with an earthing rod before repairing.
- If you see any sparking on live overhead conductors, inform the authorities immediately.
- Do not place any temporary or permanent structures under live overhead lines that reduce their ground clearance.
- We should not carry any long metallic poles, bamboos, pipes etc below the live conductors. Farming just below the over head electrical lines are allowed but cultivation of sugarcanes like plants h be avoided if those grow above 5 meters height.
- Vehicles taller than 5 meters should not pass under live overhead lines.
- Do not build any structures directly under or too close to overhead lines. Follow standard electrical clearance rules.
- We should not touch any over head tower body during rain.
- We should keep sufficient safe distance from the over head line during stormy weather. During storm, any line conductor or tower may accidentally fall on us.
