How to prevent accidents

Important reminder:

How to identify
a medium-voltage line

Climbing plant + power line = DANGER

Contact
Hydro-Québec online

Safety Warning: By law, only Hydro-Québec or a professional tree trimmer authorized by Hydro-Québec is allowed to perform any work that might require a person, part of a tree or a tool to come within three metres of a medium-voltage line. In such cases, contact Hydro-Québec before pruning or cutting down any tree.

NOTHING must come within three metres of a medium-voltage line. That includes you, your tools and any part of a tree during pruning or cutting operations. The hazards are very real!

Image : Une branche coupée qui entre en contact avec un fil moyenne tension

. . . FATAL HAZARD! . . .

Cutting a branch too close to a medium-voltage power line.

Image : Un arbre abattu qui tombe sur un fil moyenne tension

. . . FATAL HAZARD! . . .

Cutting down a tree that could fall onto a medium-voltage line. Only an expert knows how to control how a tree will fall (proper felling).

Image : Un outil qui entre en contact avec un fil moyenne tension

. . . FATAL HAZARD! . . .

Using tools (ladder, pruning shears, etc.) too close to a medium-voltage line.