Metal stands near power lines

[Rubberhead*]

You'll be just fine. You'll be much further from any one phase of those lines than they are to each other.

Minimum approach distance for 500kV lines is like 24ft. You're right at it and those standards include enormous safety factor. That's assuming that you've got 500kV overhead.

A short ground rod driven into the ground and attached via copper line of some reasonable size will remove much of your exposure in a flash-over event.

Put the stand up and enjoy yourself. But, listen to everybody else about marking the hell out of those legs and keeping the ground around the stand cleaned up once a year.

What if his head is the highest thing in the stand? How about for a nearby phase-to-ground fault?

[turbo]

What if his head is the highest thing in the stand? How about for a nearby phase-to-ground fault?

He's still at the limit of minimum approach boundary.

Phase to ground fault through his body is unlikely when the conductor around him is grounded and the resistance through his body is much greater than that of the steel frame of the stand. If he catches one, it was his time to go anyhow.

Do you drive a car? If so, how in the world do you deal with the risk?

Hunt the damn'd stand, man. Or, not. I don't give a shit.