Electrical Safety: Underground Contact | WorkSafeBC

This workplace health and safety video shows what could happen when a backhoe operator contacts an underground power line.

This educational video can be used in health and safety training for operating excavators around energized electrical lines and conductors.

Working around underground utility lines is one of the most common hazards that excavator operators need to be aware of.

This video shows you what to do if you strike an underground power line with heavy machinery and the steps you should take to escape from an energized area.

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[worksafebc]

Contact BC 1 Call before you dig. Learn more about working safely around electricity at worksafebc.com/electricity.

[jonathan_careless]

I've watched a bunch of these videos and I've concluded that BC is the most dangerous place in the world to work.

[kevinf]

this feels like the beginning of a 90min drama based on a true story.

[TheTechCguy]

These short construction safety PSAs are always OP to watch! Short, direct, and to the point about safety. Like those old PSAs from the 80s and 90s!

[charlessmith]

That is why there is the so-called "Julie Law"--where you are required by law to call utilities before you dig or do any excavation project, especially in the State of Illinois. That law was implicated to prevent such disasters like the simulated disaster you saw in this video. 10 meters is about 33-35 feet.

[rajeshrajendran]

Good information .. But why still operator inside the cabinet?

[llVIU]

0:20 absolutely nobody is smart enough to know that ''an area can be energized''... not even most electricians unfortunately

[andymiller]

i have seen this on a job site under ground power boxes caught fire for at least 200 ft

[chrissteele]

Permit to dig required then scan the area and a banksman to keep watch

[KeithRa]

If you hit a line don't stop making the cut. I think they should tell people not to get off machine if you come in contact with a power line.

[Meowface.]

Zzzap
Look both ways...cover it back up with dirt
Act natural, like nothing happened

Blame some other guys for the problem if its discovered

That's how the pros do it

[apg]

Actúan mejor esta gente que muchos de holyywood.