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You need to prune or cut down a tree or shrub.
How to prevent accidents
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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.
How to identify a medium-voltage line |
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Nothing is allowed to 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 potential hazards are very real:| Cutting a branch too close to a medium-voltage power line. |
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). |
Using tools (ladder, pruning shears, etc.) too close to a medium-voltage line. |
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