Tips for Agricultural Safety

• Avoid contact with overhead and underground electrical service
• Use care when raising irrigation pipes or moving these pipes around equipment, buildings and animals.
• Never lift irrigation pipe under power lines. Never store irrigation pipe under power lines. There is a possibility of induced current, which is a current produce by magnetic fields.
• Take care when moving grain storage units. Never move them into an area where there is a chance of contacting an overhead power line.
• Never direct an irrigation stream in the direction of a power line.
• Beware of snapping power pole guy wires when operating agricultural equipment. Breaking a guy wire can cause power lines to sag. Equipment that previously safely passed underneath the power line may now be within contact distance.
• Never operate agricultural equipment where the highest point of the equipment, including antennas, approach an overhead line. They don't have to touch.
• Non electrical workers should stay 20 feet from power lines. Electrical workers may contact SMUD to verify safe working distances from power lines carrying various voltages.
• Never touch a service drop providing electricity to a building. The covering on the wire is weatherproofing and is not intended to insulate from electrical shock. Protecting is by distance.