[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1402.2]

[Page 389]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1402_CB BASE STATION ANTENNAS, TV ANTENNAS, AND SUPPORTING 
STRUCTURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1402.2  Background.

    As a result of numerous electrocutions which have occurred when 
consumers contacted powerlines with CB base station and outside TV 
antennas while putting these antennas up or taking them down, the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission has determined that it is necessary 
to require that warnings and instructions be furnished with these 
antennas and their supporting structures so that consumers can be made 
aware of the hazards involved and of safe ways to put up and take down 
these antennas. The Commission anticipates that this regulation will 
help protect the public against the unreasonable risk of injury 
associated with CB base station antennas, outside TV antennas, and 
supporting structures due to contact with overhead powerlines.