or conductorprohibited. No person, firm, corporation or association shall, individually or through an agent or employee and no person as an agent or employee of any person, firm, corporation or association, shall perform or permit any agent or employee to perform any function or activity upon any land, building, highway, or other premises, when it is possible during the performance of such activity for any person or employee engaged in performing work connected with or related to such function or activity to move to or to be placed in a position within six feet of any high voltage overhead electrical line or conductor, or when it is possible for any part of any tool, equipment, machinery or material to be used by any such person or employee to be brought within six (6) feet of any such overhead high voltage line or conductor through any lateral, vertical or swinging motion during the performance of such function or activity. Added by Laws 1963, c. 118, § 1, emerg. eff. May 31, 1963.
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Kimery v. Pub. Serv. Co. of Oklahoma, 622 P.2d 1066 (Okla. 1980).
· cites it 2× “PSC’s primary defense rested on a claim of ordinary contributory negligence and contributory negligence per se resulting from decedent’s alleged violation of 63 O.S.1971 § 981 et seq., commonly referred to as the “six-foot law”.”
Liberty Mut. Ins. v. East Cent. Oklahoma Elec. Coop., 97 F.3d 383 (10th Cir. 1996).
· cites it 4× “[that causes] any part of any tool, equipment, machinery or material to be brought within six (6) feet of any such overhead high voltage line,” Okla.Stat. tit. 63, § 981, “liable to the owner or operator of such high voltage line .”
Shelley v. Kiwash Elec. Coop., Inc., 914 P.2d 669 (Okla. 1996).
· cites it 2× “NOTES [1] The six-foot rule, 63 O.S.1991, § 981 et seq., prohibits any activity within six feet of a high voltage electrical line or conductor.”
Travelers Ins. v. Panama-Williams, Inc., 424 F. Supp. 1156 (N.D. Okla. 1976).
· cites it 3× “Plaintiff asserts that an employee and agent of Panama-Williams violated Title 63 O.S. §§ 981 through 986, which require a contractor to not use or employ a piece of equipment within six feet of a high voltage line.”
Ring v. Pub. Serv. Co. of Oklahoma, 775 P.2d 1356 (Okla. 1989).
“The terms of 63 O.S.1981 § 981 provide: "No person, firm, corporation or association shall, individually or through an agent or employee and no person as an agent or employee of any person, firm, corporation or association, shall perform or permit any agent or employee to…”
Pub. Serv. Co. of Oklahoma v. Fort Worth Grain Exch., 988 P.2d 323 (Okla. 1998).
“Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 981 (1991). . Every person, firm, corporation, association, and every agent or employee of any such person^ firm corporation, or association, who violates any of the provisions of the act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof,…”
Taylor v. Payne, 872 P.2d 953 (Okla. Civ. App. 1994).
“OEC filed a cross-claim against Payne and a third party petition against the Board of County Commissioners of McClain County (McClain County) alleging that they had permitted operation of the crane within 6 feet of its electric power lines and had failed to notify OEC prior to…”
In Re Grand River Dam Auth., 484 P.2d 505 (Okla. 1971).
“The matters recited are basis of an extended argument: (1) this proposed transmission line will constitute legal invasion of Taylor’s property, since respondent owns fee title to the center line of vacated portion of South Fourth; (2) construction will constitute a physical…”
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