Paragraph 2: Minimum safety distances.

Any employer who intends to carry out work in the vicinity of electrical lines or installations shall obtain information from the operator, whether the local representative of the energy distribution company or the operator of the public or private line or installation in question, on the voltage values of these lines or installations. In the light of this information, the employer must ensure that, while the work is being carried…

To determine the minimum distances to be observed in relation to normally energised bare conductive parts, account must be taken of: 1° All possible movements of the energised bare conductive parts of the electrical line, pipe or installation; 2° All possible movements, shifting, swinging, whipping, particularly in the event of a broken component, or falling of the equipment used for the planned work.

Any employer planning to carry out earthworks, excavations, drilling or excavation work must find out from the relevant road authority in the case of work on public property, from the owner in the case of work on private property and, in all cases, from the local electricity distribution representative, whether there are any underground electricity conduits, whether buried or not, within the perimeter of the planned work or less than…