A lot of people are not aware that high power lines can act as a magnet of sorts.
There is a mathematic formula that dictates how far you need to be from a power line based on the ratio of distance to voltage.
I was on a job site a number of years ago when 6 men hanging metal sheet siding rolled their metal scaffold beyond the safety zone. They were probably 5 or 6 feet away from the actual line but it sucked them right in. It took about 20 minutes to shut down the line itself. That's one memory I would just as well not have.
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A lot of people are not aware that high power lines can act as a magnet of sorts.
There is a mathematic formula that dictates how far you need to be from a power line based on the ratio of distance to voltage.
I was on a job site a number of years ago when 6 men hanging metal sheet siding rolled their metal scaffold beyond the safety zone. They were probably 5 or 6 feet away from the actual line but it sucked them right in. It took about 20 minutes to shut down the line itself. That's one memory I would just as well not have.
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