No Go Zones

Working near overhead and underground assets

Do you undertake work in the vicinity of electrical Distribution or Traction Company assets using large vehicles, plant and or equipment including scaffolds?

If the answer is YES, then please click here for more information

Look Up And Live

In response to electricity-related deaths and accidents on work sites, ESV has taken a lead role in establishing a "best practice" approach for mechanical plant and equipment such as mobile cranes, tipping trucks, concrete pumping machines, scaffolding and elevating work platforms being operated in the vicinity of overhead power lines.

This initiative, known as the "No Go Zone", essentially involved the development, introduction and communication of a consistent set of rules for the construction industry when working near overhead power lines.

To obtain more information about Look Up and Live, including how to obtain stickers, brochures and educational DVDs, visit the campaign pages.

Why we should be careful around powerlines on worksites:

Powerlines have become so much a part of our outdoor landscape that it is easy to forget that they are there. When there's sun in you eyes, trees in your line of vision or the need to be watching something else, you cannot see exactly how close you come to powerlines.

So anyone who uses machinery on work sites such as cranes, concrete placing booms, excavating equipment, elevating work platforms and scaffolding needs to take the time to focus on what is above as well as what is to be achieved.