The Farmers Mart Jun-Jul 2019 - Issue 63 | Page 25

NORTHERN POWERGRID -
• JUN/JUL 2019
GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW PREVIEW 25
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20/06/2019
Knowledge
Promotes Safety
ON average, a farm worker dies every year
as a result of making contact or coming too
close to overhead power lines.
Northern Powergrid the company that
delivers power to 3.9 million homes and
businesses across the North East, Yorkshire
and northern Lincolnshire, will be at this
year’s Great Yorkshire Show reminding
farmers to ‘Look up its Live’. It will be giving
out free safety packs which include air
fresheners and cab stickers with lifesaving
advice about how to stay safe and what to
do in an emergency.
Geoff, Earl Director of Health, Safety and
Environment talks about how to stay safe:
“With cables on wood poles carrying up
to 132,000 volts making contact or even
coming too close to power lines is extreme-
ly dangerous and can result in serious
injury or death. It’s easy to misjudge heights
and distances, especially when tired or
operating in poor light such as at dusk or
dawn. Carrying out risk assessments prior
to carrying out work, particularly if workers
are contracted in and not familiar with the
land is key. We’re asking farmers to visit
northernpowergrid.com to get safety ad-
vice, watch our SHOCK video and order our
free Look up it’s Live safety pack containing
cab stickers and air fresheners that can be
displayed in farm vehicles or come and visit
our stand at the show.”
If you come too close or hit power lines
you should
• If safe to do so drive well clear and call
105.
• If it’s not safe to drive clear, stay in the
cab and call 105, warn others to stay
away.
• If fire, jump clear ensuring you do not
make contact with the ground and the
vehicle at the same time. Do not step
down.
• Try to land with both feet together and
make leaping strides away from the
area.
• Warn others to stay away, report the
incident immediately by calling 105 and
always assume power lines are live.
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To get more information and claim your free
in-cab safety stickers and air fresheners visit
northernpowergrid.com/safety
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