{"id":35425,"date":"2018-04-18T15:11:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T22:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crpud.net\/?page_id=35425"},"modified":"2019-03-20T11:21:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T18:21:38","slug":"please-dont-hang-anything-on-utility-poles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/stay-safe\/please-dont-hang-anything-on-utility-poles\/","title":{"rendered":"Please Don&#8217;t Hang Anything on Utility Poles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36150 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/utility-pole-signs.png\" alt=\"Signs attached to utility pole, with red X to indicate this is not allowed.a\" width=\"178\" height=\"300\" \/>We know it is tempting to hang signs, basketball hoops, and other items on our utility poles, but there are good reasons why you shouldn&#8217;t:<\/p>\n<h2>1. Attachments endanger our employees who climb poles.<\/h2>\n<p>A tiny puncture in a worker&#8217;s gloves can expose him to electric shock, causing serious injury or death.<\/p>\n<h2>2. \u00a0Attachments damage poles.<\/h2>\n<p>When the sealed outer layers of a pole are pierced, moisture and insects creep in and cause damage that shortens the life of the pole, increasing maintenance costs.<\/p>\n<h2>3. We risk fines.<\/h2>\n<p>The National Electrical Safety Code prohibits these types of pole attachments. We risk fines from the Oregon Public Utility Commission when prohibited items are attached to our poles.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for helping us to maintain a safe, reliable electricity distribution system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know it is tempting to hang signs, basketball hoops, and other items on our utility poles, but there are good reasons why you shouldn&#8217;t: 1. Attachments endanger our employees who climb poles. A tiny puncture in a worker&#8217;s gloves can expose him to electric shock, causing serious injury or death. 2. \u00a0Attachments damage poles. [&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":35372,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35425\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}