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Working Around Overhead Power Lines with Ladders Every year workers are killed by coming into contact with overhead lines they believed were far enough away. The distance looks generous from the ground, the line is higher than it looks, and once a long aluminum ladder starts moving in the wrong direction it is already too late. This is the hazard where a single moment of setup care matters more than everything else on the job. Minimum Approach Distances OSHA sets minimum approach distances for …