Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001A Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.959(d)(1):Minimum approach distance. Mechanical equipment shall be operated so that the minimum approach distances, established by the employer under � 1926.960(c)(1)(i), are maintained from exposed energized lines and equipment. However, the insulated portion of an aerial lift operated by a qualified employee in the lift is exempt from this requirement if the applicable minimum approach distance is maintained between the uninsulated portions of the aerial lift and exposed objects having a different electrical potential. a. On or before July 6, 2021 at a right of way located near 16th St. and Mill Street in Coshocton Ohio where employees were using a digger derrick to load previously removed wooden electrical poles onto a trailer for removal from the worksite, the boom of the digger derrick was operated within the minimum approach distance of a 34.5kV overhead electrical line, resulting in the hospitalization of an employee due to the resulting electrical shock.