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29 CFR 1926.1408 - Power line safety (up to 350 kV) | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
CFR › Title 29 › Subtitle B › Chapter XVII › Part 1926 › Subpart CC › Section 1926.1408 29 CFR 1926.1408 - Power line safety (up to 350 kV)
§ 1926.1408 Power line safety (up to 350 kV) - equipment operations.
(i) Demarcating boundaries (such as with flags, or a device
such as a range limit device or range control warning device) and prohibiting the operator from operating the equipment past those boundaries, or
Option (1) - Deenergize and ground. Confirm from the utility owner/operator that the power line has been deenergized and visibly grounded at the worksite.
Option (2) - 20 foot clearance. Ensure that no part of the equipment, load line, or load (including rigging and lifting accessories), gets closer than 20 feet to the power line by implementing the measures specified in paragraph (b) of this section.
Option (3) - Table A clearance.
(A) Determine the line's voltage and the minimum approach distance permitted under Table A (see § 1926.1408).
(B) Determine if any part of the equipment, load line or load (including rigging and lifting accessories), while operating up to the equipment's maximum working radius in the work zone, could get closer than the minimum approach distance of the power line permitted under Table A (see § 1926.1408). If so, then the employer must follow the requirements in paragraph (b) of this section to ensure that no part of the equipment, load line, or load (including rigging and lifting accessories), gets closer to the line than the minimum approach distance.
(3) Erect and maintain an elevated warning line, barricade, or line of signs, in view of the operator, equipped with flags or similar high-visibility markings, at 20 feet from the power line (if using Option (2) of this section) or at the minimum approach distance under Table A (see § 1926.1408) (if using Option (3) of this section). If the operator is unable to see the elevated warning line, a dedicated spotter must be used as described in § 1926.1408(b)(4)(ii) in addition to implementing one of the measures described in §§ 1926.1408(b)(4)(i), (iii), (iv) and (v).
(C) Where necessary, use
(v) An insulating link/device, as defined in § 1926.1401, installed at a point between the end of the load line (or below) and the load.
(1) No part of the equipment, load line, or load (including rigging and lifting accessories) is allowed below a power line unless the employer has confirmed that the utility owner/operator has deenergized and (at the worksite) visibly grounded the power line, except where one of the exceptions in paragraph (d)(2) of this section applies.
(iv) The employer demonstrates that compliance with paragraph (d)(1) of this section is infeasible and meets the requirements of § 1926.1410.
(1) The employer must train each operator and crew member assigned to work with the equipment on all of the following:
(v) The procedures to be followed to properly ground
equipment and the limitations of grounding.
(3) Training under this section must be administered in accordance with § 1926.1430(g).