'Look out, look up!' campaign launched for farmer safety

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A new campaign designed to keep the farming community to stay safe when working near power lines has been launched.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) are urging farmers to be aware of overhead power lines, cables and poles to prevent serious injuries with the message “look out, look out and look after yourself”.
Farming equipment coming into contact with power lines can also result in local electricity supplies being disrupted.
SSEN has responded to 448 incidents on farms and fields across the north of Scotland in the past year which is down from 505 the year before.
Ian Crawley, network operational safety manager at SSEN, said the campaign has been “directly informed” by the real-life experiences of the farming community. Farmers who operate arable and livestock farms took part in interviews and a research project to explore safety behaviours and the dangers associated with overhead lines.

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