Read these carefully!
Be safe around electricity! Here are a few helpful tips to remember:
- Don’t touch an electric switch with wet hands!
- Never overload outlets with too many plugs!
- Never plug in an electric cord that is frayed!
- Don’t use electrical equipment outdoors in the rain!
- Never use water to put out electrical fires!
- Don’t stand under trees or telephone poles during a storm!
- Fly kites in open fields away from electrical lines!
- Prevent children from climbing trees near power lines!
- Stay out of the water during a thunderstorm!
- Stay away from substation fences!
- Do not shoot at utility lines, insulators or transformers!
- Do not throw rocks at utility line insulators or transformers!
- Keep ladders away from power lines!
- Stay away from transformers!
- Use plastic caps over outlets to protect children from accidental shock!
- Use surge protectors to protect computers and other electronic equipment!
- Ground appliances properly and use Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters in wet locations!
- Be familiar with power lines that cross your property and keep antennas, ladders, grain augers and other tall objects away from the power lines to prevent shock or death!
- Do not attach anything to electric power poles. This includes satellite dishes, campaign posters, garage sale signs, basketball goals, etc! They could harm our linemen!