Working Near Overhead Powerlines on Farms Safe Work Procedure
Editable Word safe work procedure for Queensland farms: mapping power lines, exclusion zones, safety observers, planning around augers, booms and tippers, the contact plan, notification and records.
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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 farms, graziers, cane and grain growers, contractors and anyone running augers, sprayers, headers, tippers or loaders near overhead lines. It builds Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 ss 10 to 13 into steps a crew can follow, with the distances left to schedule 2.
What Is Included In Our Working Near Overhead Powerlines on Farms Safe Work Procedure?
- Safe work procedure with an approval sign-off
- Exclusion zone and unsafe distance duties (Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 ss 10 to 13)
- Line map and line register, including private lines
- Plant that can reach a line: augers, booms, tippers, loaders, headers, irrigation
- Controls in order, and when to use a safety observer
- Working with the electricity entity
- Daily briefing and plant checks
- Contact plan: stay in the cab, jump clear only if fire, keep others away
- Notification and keeping the site as it is
- Records, training 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), ss 14 and 15 (underground electric lines), s 292 (notification), s 296 (preserving the site), schedule 2 (distances and the safety observer)
- Electrical Safety Act 2002 (Qld): ss 11 and 12 (serious electrical incident and dangerous electrical event), ss 18 and 55 (electrical work and the licence requirement)
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): s 19 (primary duty of care), s 28 (duties of workers), s 46 (consult, cooperate and coordinate), ss 35 to 39 (notifiable incidents)
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): s 36 (hierarchy of control measures), s 39 (information, training and instruction), s 43 (emergency plans)
- Rural Plant Code of Practice 2024 (Qld): section 7.8 and appendix 8, working near overhead and underground electric lines. The code still quotes the earlier Electrical Safety Regulation, so rely on the Regulation sections above for the law
- Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2020 – Working near overhead and underground electric lines (Qld): further guidance, written for the earlier Electrical Safety Regulation
- The legislation does not say whether one notice covers both the WHS Act and the Electrical Safety Regulation 2026 after an electric shock, so this document says to ask the regulator
- This document is general information for Queensland workplaces and is not legal advice
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- 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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