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7.2
Aerial Lifts ............................................................................................ 66
7.2.1
Operation of Aerial Lift Equipment Near Energized Electrical
Facilities............................................................................................ 67
7.2.2
Types of Aerial Lifts ............................................................................. 67
7.2.3
Aerial Lift Manufacturing Requirements ................................................ 67
7.2.4
Aerial Lift Safety................................................................................... 68
7.2.5
Other Aerial Lift Requirements.............................................................. 69
7.2.6
Bucket Safety Precautions..................................................................... 70
7.2.7
Insulated Buckets .................................................................................. 71
7.2.8
Aerial Lift Maintenance ......................................................................... 71
7.3
Pole Handling Operations...................................................................... 72
7.3.1
Direction of Aerial Lift for Installations ................................................. 72
7.3.2
Pole Contact Precautions ...................................................................... 72
7.3.3
Facility Receipt ..................................................................................... 72
7.3.4
Ground Handling .................................................................................. 73
7.3.5
Temporary Pole Storage ....................................................................... 74
7.3.6
Hauling Poles ........................................................................................ 74
7.4
Pole Installation Requirements .............................................................. 75
7.4.1
Pole Holes ............................................................................................ 75
7.4.2
Digging Holes ....................................................................................... 75
7.4.3
Hole Covers .......................................................................................... 75
7.4.4
Setting Poles ......................................................................................... 76
7.4.4.1
Pike Pole Method.................................................................................. 76
7.4.4.2
Winch Line Method .............................................................................. 77
7.4.4.3
Gin Pole Method ................................................................................... 78
7.4.4.4
Pole Setting Truck Precautions ............................................................. 78
7.4.4.5
Energized Line Precautions ................................................................... 78
7.4.4.6
Backfilling Around Poles ...................................................................... 79
7.5
Dismantling Poles.................................................................................. 79
7.5.1
Minimum Pole Support ......................................................................... 79
7.5.2
Additional Pole Support ........................................................................ 79
7.5.3
Truck Restraining.................................................................................. 79
7.5.4
Pole Removal........................................................................................ 80
7.6
Climbing and Working on Poles ............................................................ 80
7.6.1
Before Climbing Precautions ................................................................. 80
7.6.2
Type of Pole ......................................................................................... 81
7.7
Pole Climbing Equipment ...................................................................... 81
7.7.1
Climbing Safety Equipment ................................................................... 82
7.7.2
Wood-Pole Climbing Equipment ........................................................... 82
7.7.2.1
Climber Requirements ........................................................................... 83
7.7.2.2
Climber Defects .................................................................................... 83
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