Power Line Contact Emergency Procedure
Editable Word policy and procedure for Queensland businesses: what to do when plant touches a power line, staying in the cab, jump-clear steps, fallen lines, calling 000, notification and restart.
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Written by Ryan Graham, health and safety professional (16 years on Queensland sites)
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About this template
Suits cranes, tippers, EWPs, excavators, tree crews, concrete pumps, farms and anyone whose plant can reach an overhead line. It is the emergency half of line safety, to sit beside your permit, SWMS and risk assessment.
What Is Included In Our Power Line Contact Emergency Procedure?
- Policy and procedure with an approval sign-off
- Emergency plan and contacts ready before work starts
- Operator stays in the cab, others keep away
- Jump-clear steps if fire forces the operator out, labelled good practice
- Fallen or low lines treated as live
- Calling Triple Zero (000) and the electricity entity
- Notifying the regulator, with the Act and Regulation overlap explained
- Keeping the site as it is and not restarting
- Medical checks, investigation, records and review
Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced
- Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 (Qld): ss 10 and 11 (exclusion zone and unsafe distance), s 12 (risk management), s 13 (no person, plant or thing within an unsafe distance), s 292 (notification), s 296 (preserving the site), schedule 2 (distances)
- Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): ss 11 and 12 (serious electrical incident and dangerous electrical event)
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): s 28 (duties of workers), s 46 (other duty holders), ss 47 to 49 (consultation), ss 35 to 39 (notifiable incidents)
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): s 38 (review of control measures), s 39 (training), s 42 (first aid), s 43 (emergency plans)
- Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld): s 133 (employer’s report)
- Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2020 – Working near overhead and underground electric lines (Qld): sections 1.4, 2.3 and 4.5. It was written for the earlier Electrical Safety Regulation, so rely on the Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 sections above for the law. It gives no steps for after a contact
- Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2021 – Managing electrical risks in the workplace (Qld): sections 1.1 and 6.3; First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021: section 3.3
- Safe Work Australia model Elevating work platforms code of practice (model code, not approved in Queensland): the contact with power lines guidance, used here as good practice only
- This document is general information for Queensland workplaces and is not legal advice
What You Get
- An editable Microsoft Word document (6 pages), A4 portrait
- Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
- Purpose, scope and a policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Definitions, and responsibilities for each role
- A step-by-step procedure that says who does what
- Records, training, monitoring and review, related documents and a revision history
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