Tennessee Code 50-3-1005 – Notification to power company and responsibility for safeguards
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-3-1005
- High-voltage: means a voltage in excess of seven hundred fifty (750) volts between conductors or from any conductor to ground. See Tennessee Code 50-3-1001
- Person: means one (1) or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, business trusts, legal representatives or any organized group of persons. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
- Standard: means an occupational safety and health standard promulgated by the commissioner that requires conditions or the adoption or the use of one (1) or more practices, means, methods, operations or processes reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe and healthful employment and places of employment. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
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.