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Public Safety Campaign

Our Public Safety awareness campaign targets the general public, contractors, do-it yourselfers and operators of large equipment. Each year, dump trucks, delivery trucks, boom trucks, loaders, hoes, cranes and drills account for at least one third of the electrical contacts with Hydro One overhead electrical wires. Over the four-year period 1998-2001, they accounted for 57 per cent of all public electrical contact incidents involving our power lines, and 21 per cent of electrical contact fatalities. The Hydro One Networks' Public Safety campaign was developed to also address other power line safety themes.

1. Print advertisements

A series of five print advertisements are run in selected trade journals, association magazines, and other periodicals, community weeklies, dailies across Ontario. To view these safety messages, click on the PDF files below:

• Don't let your next load be your last - English
• Don't turn your backhoe into a deadly weapon - English
• Don't let a minor fender-bender turn into a fatality - English/French
• Don't let a ladder lead to a deadly shock - English/French
• Don't let a tree turn deadly - English
  

2. Television public service announcements

A series of television public service announcements are broadcast by regional television stations. To view the announcements below, you need Windows Media Player installed on your system.

• Ladder
• Crash
• Pruning
• More information...
  

3. Steer Clear of the Zap Zone - Pamphlet

This six-page pamphlet summarizes information on how to work safely near power lines. If your construction company would like copies of this pamphlet, please submit requests, including complete mailing address, to ZapZone@HydroOne.com. Allow three weeks for delivery.