DOWNED LINES MEAN DANGER!

Bad weather or accidents can cause power lines to fall to the ground. NEVER touch, move or go near any kind of downed or hanging lines, even if it looks harmless, use extreme caution! Stay away from any downed line because it may be dangerous. Getting near it could cause serious bodily injury or even death. Also remember that anything touching a downed line may also be dangerous!

Here are a few things to do when you see a downed power line:

Immediately report a downed line to LG&E’s electric emergency center, at 589-3500, and call 911.
Do not assume that it is a telephone or cable-television line.
Do not put your feet into a puddle where a downed line is lying. In some instances, wet ground can conduct electricity.
Only a knowledgeable person employed by or under the supervision of LG&E who is protected by the appropriate safety equipment should touch or move a downed line.

If you see someone who has been shocked, and is in direct or indirect contact with a downed power line:

Do not try to touch the person. Efforts to pull an electric shock victim away could make you a second victim.
Never attempt to remove a power line.
Immediately call 911 for the proper emergency services, and Call LG&E’s electric emergency center at 589-3500

If a power line falls on a car you are in:

Stay inside the vehicle. This is the safest place to stay under the circumstances

Honk you horn to alert the people around you.

Roll down the window and warm people not to touch the car or the downed line.

Ask someone to call LG&E and 911 to report the trouble immediately. If the car catches fire…. This is the only circumstance in which you should leave a car that is in contact with a power line. If so: ? Open the door, but do not step out ? Make sure that you jump completely free of the vehicle with both feet together to avoid any contact with the live car (metal) and the ground at the same time ? Hop as far away as possible from the vehicle, keeping both feet together