Electrical work is highly hazardous. Workers are exposed to electricity and are at risk of falling, so being aware of protective measures for common electrical safety hazards can be a matter of life and death. Working with both overhead and buried power lines poses a serious safety hazard, due to the high voltage they carry. The main risk associated with this work is electrocution.
However, it seems, the MSEDCL Nagpur and a contractor are not following the safety standards and putting the lives of its workers and citizens at risk.
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Thursday 27 Feb. 2025
A resident in Mohan Nagar locality has pointed out that some workers were working on electric poles without safety gloves, safety hats, safety shoes and no harness too. Not only the workers but even the citizens are in the risk of electrocution. There is no board to block the road too as overhead wires are heavy and can cause problems. This negligence on the part of concerned authorities nothing but playing with the lives of the workers as well as citizens.
Working on overhead lines puts linemen at risk of falling. Anything from equipment mishaps to being startled can lead to a fall from a ladder, scaffold, or aerial bucket.
Setting up power lines, maintaining existing ones, and responding to natural disasters makes an electrical lineman susceptible to electric shock. This occurs when a worker makes direct contact with energized conductors or when electricity arcs from an exposed energized conductor or circuit part — such an overhead power line– through a gas like air to a person who is grounded.
