<p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) produces guidance, ‘Working safely near overhead power lines’ (AIS8), for those working in agriculture. This contains information on avoiding contact with the network of over head electricity power lines that cross farmland.</p><p>Additionally guidance on avoiding the dangers of underground electricity cables on farms and ensuring the safety of the electrical system and portable electrical equipment is contained in HSE's publication ‘Farmwise’.</p><p>HSE works closely with industry-led groups in delivering health and safety messages. The Farm Safety Partnership is currently working on guidance to avoid the dangers of contact with overhead power lines targeted at organisations delivering animal feed to farms.</p><p>Safety messages on the risks of working near over head power lines are also delivered to farmers as part of agriculture Safety and Health Awareness Days. The effectiveness of these events is routinely evaluated.</p><p>HSE also periodically assesses the effectiveness of its guidance. In 2012, ‘Working safely near overhead power lines’ (AIS8) was revised to include references to the longer reach and larger size of modern agricultural machinery and the recommended</p><p>minimum distance from overhead power lines within which certain higher risk agricultural operations are carried out was increased.</p>