Posted By Alison WR overhead power lines are on the electricity page of HSE's website. The agriculture guidance note, with handy diagram, is http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais8.pdf Alison

Posted By Pat Hannaway Hi Lee, The advice in GS6 is that "liaison between the persons responsible for the work and the owner(s) of the lines should be continued until the work has been completed." I work for an organisation (in Northern Ireland) that regularly undertakes construction work below / adjacent to N.I.E. overhead power lines. I have always found them to be very helpful, and we take their advice on working close to any of their power lines, irrespective of what "general" guidance is given in GS6 . They are as keen as anyone else to ensure that there are no accidental "strikes". The advice given in GS6 for agricultural work near overhead powerlines, is different, and of a lesser standard, than that for construction work at similar locations e.g. farmers do not have to erect "goal posts" every time they drive a tractor below an overhead line that may be within the 4.6m exclusion zone. I would advise you to keep in regular contact with N.I.E. Regards, Pat H

Posted By RoryK I too work in NI and have an almost daily contact with NIE. I find them difficult to work with as they will not provide a markup service (other utility providers have no problem doing this). All you get is a map with a disclaimer stating that its a general guide and there is no warranty to its correctness. Not very reassuring giving that any incident with electricity could be life threatening. Even then these "approximate" maps are wildly inaccurate (with cables up to 50 metres away from the suggested location) or just plain wrong - with underground services marked as overhead. With this in mind it is not a surprise that I have near daily contact with NIE - getting them to repair something that didn't even exist on the map and that the CAT didn't pick up.