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Always Remember to Look Up and Live! Adapted from the New Jersey Ground Water Association and Occupational Safety and Health Administration The New Jersey Ground Water Association sent a very sad e-mail reminder of how dangerous drilling work can be if the rules are not heeded. Recently, another life was lost when a drill operator raised his derrick into live overhead power lines. The association is urging everyone to follow the simplest rule: Look Up and Live! The U.S. Depar tment of Labor ’s Occupat ional Safety and Heal th Administration (OSHA) has established safety regulations when using cranes and derricks near power lines. The rules start out by noting, before beginning equipment operations, the employer must mark boundaries, and prohibit anyone from operating equipment past those boundaries, or defining the work zone as the area 360 degrees around the equipment, up to the equipment's maximum working radius. Employers must determine if any part of the equipment, load line, or load (including rigging and lifting accessories), if operated up to the equipment's maxi- mum working radius in the work zone, could get closer than 20 feet to a power line. If so, the employer must meet certain requirements, as defined in the regulations. The employer must conduct a planning meeting with the operator and other workers who will be in the area of the equipment to review the location of the power line(s), and the steps to be implemented to prevent encroachment/electrocution. Power lines should always be presumed to be energized unless the utility owner/operator confirms a power line has been and continues to be deenergized and visibly grounded at the work site. Please take a moment to review the OSHA safety regulations at: https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=19 56 MAY 2018 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® This company provides outstanding service! (503) 682-1001 rockmore-intl.com Rockmore International WorldWide Drilling Resource Drilling ®® Subscription Information I am a: Drilling Contractor: ___ Geologist: ___ Manufacturer: ___ Mining Contractor: ___ Pump Installer: ___ Student: ___ Supplier: ___ Other:______________(specify) My position is: Owner: ___ Manager: ___ Sales Professional: ___ Other: ____________________________(please specify) I am involved in: Construction/Geotechnical: ___ Directional: ___ Environmental: ___ Exploration/Blasthole: ___ Geothermal: ___ Shallow Gas/Oil: ___ Mining: ___ Water: ___ Other:______________(specify) Mail to WWDR , PO Box 660, Bonifay, FL 32425, fax to 850-547-0329, text to 850-541-6010, e-mail to sub@worldwidedrillingresource.com Or fill out the form online at www.worldwidedrillingresource.com Name: ______________________________________________________________________ Company: ___________________________________________________________________ Street/PO: ___________________________________________________________________ City: ________________________________________________________________________ State/Province: _________________________________ Postal Code: ___________________ Country: _____________________________________________________________________ Telephone #: _________________________________________________________________ Fax #: _______________________________________________________________________ E-Mail: ______________________________________________________________________ **In between print issues, the WWDR Team prepares an electronic newsletter called E-News Flash sent directly to your e-mail address. Would you like to receive it as well? Yes No RENEW my Subscription Start my NEW Subscription. CANCEL my Subscription. Signature Date I would like to: If you haven’t already, please fill this form out completely and return it to ensure continued delivery. C&G