April 2005

Post No Bills-Please!

Our poles may look like convenient bulletin boards.   But your innocent looking sign can actually put our line workers in danger.

Even though we depend on bucket trucks for many tasks, our line workers still climb poles on a frequent basis.   A staple or nail holding a sign can easily punch a hole in our employees' insulated protective gloves.

That hole could open the way for 14,400 volts to enter our line worker's body.   The results are usually catastrophic.

But that's not the only danger.   The nail or staple from your sign could give the line worker a nasty gash or cause him to lose his grip on the pole.   A line worker's high wire act is hazardous enough without extra booby traps.

So please post your message in the paper or on the grocery store bulletin board.   Leave our poles for electric wires.

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