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Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › LIGHTING FIXTURES AND SIGNS › Section 39.277 - Isolated or guarding lamps in series circuits

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(a) Arc and incandescent lamps and other
					 devices in series circuits, except in grounded circuits of which no part
					 exceeds 150 volts to ground, shall be effectively isolated or suitably
					 guarded.
(b) All metal cable or
					 chain supports for lamps shall be effectively insulated from the lamp or shall
					 be permanently grounded. Isolation will ordinarily be deemed sufficient when a
					 vertical clearance of eight feet is provided from floors or other ordinary
					 accessible places within buildings, of 10 feet from footways outside buildings
					 and of 15 feet from roadways. Horizontal clearance from windows, porches, and
					 other spaces accessible to the general public should be not less than three
					 feet.
(c) Lamps shall be secured
					 from falling on persons or traffic passing below, and the hanger, rope, chain,
					 or other means adopted for holding the lamps shall be regularly and
					 systematically inspected. Metal chains or wire cables used for lowering lamps
					 in series circuits shall be interrupted by a suitable strain insulator the
					 minimum height of which from the floor or ground shall be 8 feet, whether the
					 lamp is in position or lowered.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › LIGHTING FIXTURES AND SIGNS › Section 39.278 - Safe access to arc lamps

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A suitable device shall be provided by which each arc
						lamp or other device of series circuits may be safely and entirely disconnected
						from the circuit before it is handled, unless the lamps are accessible only to
						properly qualified persons, worked on only from suitable insulating stools,
						platforms or tower wagons, and treated always as under the full voltage of the
						circuit concerned.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › PORTABLE DEVICES, CABLES, AND CONNECTORS OTHER THAN FOR SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.281 - Insulation

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(a) Portable
					 devices shall be provided with an adequate dielectric, complying with the
					 standardization rules of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers
					 (A.I.E.E.), interposed between ungrounded current carrying parts and those
					 external surfaces which persons touch. Toasters, grills, or other heating
					 devices in which the current-carrying parts at high temperature are necessarily
					 exposed, are exempted. Reference should also be made to §§
											39.263 and
					 39.272 (relating to guarding live
					 parts; insulation).
(b) In
					 locations where the dielectric is exposed to mechanical injury it shall be
					 suitably protected.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.197 (relating to grounding);
						  and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.217 (relating to pendants and
						  portables).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › PORTABLE DEVICES, CABLES, AND CONNECTORS OTHER THAN FOR SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.282 - Grounding

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(a) The permanent
					 grounding of frames of portable devices, especially in connection with voltage
					 above 150 to ground and for any voltage when the devices are used within eight
					 feet of the floor in locations such as bathrooms, laundries, and the like,
					 where persons may easily touch ground surfaces at the same time as the device,
					 should be used as a safety measure, if this is practicable and suitable means
					 are available, but cannot, of course, be reasonably required unless such means
					 are available. Such grounding may be obtained by the use of a three wire
					 portable cord with the portable device, one wire being used for the ground
					 conductor and the connectors being properly designed so that wrong connections
					 are not made by the user of the device.
(b) In lieu of grounding the external metal
					 parts of portable lamp sockets if suitable means, as described in subsection
					 (a), are not readily available, sockets and lamp guards or other similar
					 devices of suitable insulating material may be used, and should be used in the
					 hazardous locations listed previously.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.197 (relating to grounding); 34
						  Pa. Code §
													39.217 (relating to pendants and
						  portables); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.284 (relating to identified
						  conductors, cords and connectors).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › PORTABLE DEVICES, CABLES, AND CONNECTORS OTHER THAN FOR SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.283 - Cable connectors

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(a) Where
					 used with portable conductors connectors should be used which necessarily
					 disconnect both or all poles from the live source of energy where the circuit
					 is opened.
(b) Connectors shll be
					 so constructed, with guards when necessary, that the person using them does not
					 inadvertently come in contact with live parts, or be burned by arcing when
					 interrupting the largest current for which they are related or
					 marked.
(c) The end of a separable
					 connector which is left alive, or the two ends of a separable connector where
					 both are connected to live circuits, as in battery charging, shall have live
					 parts suitably guarded.
(d) Where
					 connectors are attached to portable cables, suitable means shall be provided
					 for relieving the terminal connections of cable from strains.
(e) Separable connectors should, where
					 practicable, be so designed that the plugs do not fit receptacles rated for
					 larger currents than the plugs.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.197 (relating to grounding);
						  and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.217 (relating to pendants and
						  portables).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › PORTABLE DEVICES, CABLES, AND CONNECTORS OTHER THAN FOR SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.284 - Identified conductors, cords, and connectors

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(a) Where used with portable devices, the
					 cases of which are designed to be grounded in accordance with the provisions of
					 §
											39.282 (relating to grounding),
					 the portable cable and the separable connectors, both to the device and to the
					 circuit, shall, where practicable, be provided with identified parts so that
					 the ground conductor wire in both the fixed wiring and portable cable will
					 always be attached to the proper terminals of the connectors. It is desirable
					 that the fixed wiring also have suitable marking to distinguish the ground
					 conductors from circuit conductors.
(b) Separable connectors shall be so
					 constructed that wrong connection between the two parts is
					 impossible.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.197 (relating to grounding);
						  and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.217 (relating to pendants and
						  portables).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › PORTABLE DEVICES, CABLES, AND CONNECTORS OTHER THAN FOR SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.285 - Use of portables and pendants

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(a) Portable and pendant conductors shall not
					 be installed or used on circuits operating at over 300 volts to ground, unless
					 they are accessible only to persons authorized to approach them. In such cases
					 they shall be of a type suited to the voltage and conditions. In car houses and
					 similar locations where service at low voltage is not available and where
					 necessary to use low voltage pendant or portable lamps or other devices in
					 series with lamps on trolley circuits, the devices should be used only with
					 great caution and be placed preferably on the grounded side of the circuit
					 concerned.
(b) If portable
					 conductors are required, fixed sockets or connectors shall be provided at
					 safely accessible points, attached, if practicable, to the grounded side of the
					 circuit, and so located that liability of such conductors being brought into
					 dangerous proximity with other live parts is reduced as far as
					 practicable.
(c) If exposed to
					 dampness or corrosive influences, portable conductors shall be of a type
					 specially suited, and if exposed to inflammable gas or flyings they shall be so
					 protected or isolated by elevation that they may not be readily damaged. In the
					 latter case connectors shall be arranged so as not to be exposed to accidental
					 opening by persons handling the portable conductors or devices. Portable lamps
					 in locations where explosives or inflammable gases are normally present shall
					 be incased in vaporproof globes with suitable mechanical guards.
(d) Portable and pendant conductors shall be
					 so installed that no strain is placed on the terminal connections and shall
					 have no joints except at suitable fittings.
(e) The use of worn or defective portable and
					 pendant conductors should be avoided because of the danger to users by wire
					 strands piercing the insulating covering, or becoming exposed through abrasion
					 of the covering.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.197 (relating to grounding);
						  and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.217 (relating to pendants and
						  portables).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › ELECTRICALLY OPERATED CARS, CRANES AND ELEVATORS › Section 39.291 - Guarding live and moving parts

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(a)
Current-carrying parts.
Current-carrying parts connected to
					 circuits above 150 volts to ground shall be so isolated or guarded that no
					 person may inadvertently come in contact with them. Reference should also be
					 made to §
											39.199 (relating to guarding or
					 isolating live parts).
(b)
Conductors.
Conductors over 150 volts to ground in locations
					 accessible to the public shall be run in conduit, armored cable, or molding,
					 the exposed metallic parts of which shall be permanently grounded.
(c)
Equipment.
Guards for
					 the current-carrying parts of unisolated electrical equipment, such as
					 controllers, motors, transformers, automatic cut-outs, circuit breakers,
					 switches and other devices, shall consist of cabinets, casings, or shields of
					 permanently grounded metal or of substantial insulating material.
(d)
Arcing or suddenly moving parts.
These parts of electrical equipment, including fuses and the handles
					 and arc chutes of circuit breakers, shall be so isolated or guarded that the
					 liability of persons struck or burned by sparking, flashing, or movement during
					 operation is reduced as far as practicable.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › ELECTRICALLY OPERATED CARS, CRANES AND ELEVATORS › Section 39.292 - Grounding noncurrent-carrying parts

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(a) Exposed noncurrent-carrying metal parts
					 of electrical equipment at over 150 volts to ground shall be permanently
					 grounded. In electric cars steam or hot water heating devices accessible to the
					 public shall also be grounded. The ground connection through well bonded track
					 rails shall be considered satisfactory for equipment on cars and
					 cranes.
(b) The metallic parts of
					 portable cranes, derricks, hoists and similar equipment on which wires, cables,
					 chains, or other conducting objects are maintained should be provided with an
					 effective protective ground. Reference should be made to §§
											39.61-39.70 (relating to methods of
					 protective grounding), when operated in the vicinity of supply lines operating
					 at over 150 volts to ground, and whether the cranes or similar equipment are
					 themselves electrically operated.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › ELECTRICALLY OPERATED CARS, CRANES AND ELEVATORS › Section 39.293 - Control of energy supply to cars and cranes

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(a) Readily accessible means shall be
					 provided whereby conductors and equipment located in or on cars or cranes may
					 be disconnected entirely from the source of energy at a point as near as
					 possible to the trolley or other current collectors.
(b) A circuit breaker or switch, capable of
					 interrupting the circuit under heavy loads, shall be used unless the current
					 collector may be safely removed, under heavy loads, from the trolley or third
					 rail.
(c) If a car is operated in
					 locations other than private rights of way and equipped with both trolley and
					 third-rail current collectors, means shall be provided by which any exposed
					 third-rail collector may be readily disconnected from the trolley circuit when
					 not in use.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › ELECTRICALLY OPERATED CARS, CRANES AND ELEVATORS › Section 39.294 - Control of movement of cars, cranes and elevators

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(a) Means shall be provided whereby the
					 operator, whether motorman or elevator attendant, may prevent the starting of
					 the equipment by unauthorized persons while he is absent from his post.
					 Removable reverse levers or controller handles and locked doors to the cab of
					 the operator are among the most effective means.
(b) The car control lever of passenger
					 elevators should be located so that the operator may readily face the principal
					 car opening. For cars and traveling cranes the car control should be so located
					 that the operator may readily face the direction of travel.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › ELECTRICALLY OPERATED CARS, CRANES AND ELEVATORS › Section 39.295 - Subway and car lighting

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Subways and similar locations used for passenger
						transportation where artificial illumination is indispensable shall be lighted
						throughout their entire length by a system independent of the current for
						electric traction where such is used. Passenger cars operated in such locations
						and lighted normally by the current for electric traction shall be equipped
						with an auxiliary system of emergency lighting.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › TELEPHONE AND OTHER SIGNAL APPARATUS ON CIRCUITS EXPOSED BY SUPPLY LINES › Section 39.301 - Guarding noncurrent-carrying parts

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(a) If telephone or other signal apparatus,
					 not included under subsection (b) of this section, which is necessarily handled
					 by persons is permanently connected, except for portable telephones, to
					 overhead signal circuits exposed by supply lines over 400 volts to ground,
					 provision shall be made by one of the following methods against shock to
					 persons handling apparatus:
(1) The use of
					 suitable protective devices, including fuses and arresters.
(2) The grounding of exposed
					 noncurrent-carrying metal parts and the suitable guarding of ungrounded
					 current-carrying parts. Reference should also be made to §
												39.302 (relating to guarding
					 current-carrying parts).
(3) The
					 arrangement of apparatus in such a way that persons using it will be obliged to
					 stand on a suitably insulated platform, in a suitably insulated booth or on
					 other insulating surfaces. This paragraph shall apply where apparatus is
					 accessible to authorized persons only.
(4) The arrangement of apparatus on signal
					 circuits exposed to supply lines of more than 750 volts to ground as to have no
					 exposed current-carrying parts exceeding two square inches in area with which a
					 person is liable to come in contact and the use of suitable protective devices,
					 including fuses and arresters or other means.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › TELEPHONE AND OTHER SIGNAL APPARATUS ON CIRCUITS EXPOSED BY SUPPLY LINES › Section 39.302 - Guarding current-carrying parts

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(a) Telephone or other signaling devices
					 which are permanently located outdoors or if exposed to corrosive fumes or
					 dampness, such as may occur in subways, cellars, basements, laundries, stables,
					 and the like, shall be so arranged that ungrounded current-carrying parts are
					 guarded so as to be suitably protected against the prevailing atmospheric
					 conditions. The enclosing cases of signal apparatus provide suitable guards if
					 substantially built of metal or insulating material.
(b) Receiver cords shall be guarded by
					 shields of permanently grounded metal, such as metal armor, or of nonabsorptive
					 insulating material, such as flexible insulating tubing, or shall have suitable
					 insulating coverings for the individual conductors.
(c) If no protective device is installed the
					 shields of portable cords shall always be of grounded metal or of special
					 insulating material suitable to withstand the voltage of the highest supply
					 circuit to which the signal circuit is exposed up to 7,500 volts. Only for
					 fire-alarms or similar apparatus or for apparatus not for public use, where the
					 character of service precludes the use of arresters and fuses, is a lack of a
					 protective device be permissible.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.192 (relating to scope); 34 Pa.
						  Code §
													39.301 (relating to guarding
						  noncurrent-carrying parts); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.303 (relating to protection
						  against induced voltages).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › TELEPHONE AND OTHER SIGNAL APPARATUS ON CIRCUITS EXPOSED BY SUPPLY LINES › Section 39.303 - Protection against induced voltages

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Telephone or other signaling equipment which is
						necessarily handled by persons and which is connected to a line that parallels
						a supply circuit in such manner that by reason of exposure to the supply
						circuit under normal operating conditions more than 150 volts are induced
						between the terminals of the signaling equipment and ground shall be protected
						by one or more of the following means:
(1) Exposed metal parts of the equipment
					 shall be insulated from the circuit, and the circuit shall be protected by
					 arresters having a breakdown potential not exceeding 1/2 the insulation between
					 the above named noncurrent-carrying metal parts and the current-carrying
					 parts.
(2) Cords shall have an
					 additional insulating tubing protection.
(3) Exposed noncurrent-carrying metal parts
					 shall be permanently grounded and current-carrying metal parts shall either be
					 permanently grounded or adequately shielded. Reference should be made to §
											39.302 (relating to guarding
					 current-carrying parts).
(4)
					 Equipment shall be so located that persons coming into contact with the
					 equipment shall be obliged to stand either on an insulated platform or in a
					 booth of suitable insulating material.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 39.192
						  (relating to scope).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › TELEPHONE AND OTHER SIGNAL APPARATUS ON CIRCUITS EXPOSED BY SUPPLY LINES › Section 39.304 - Grounding of arresters for signaling systems

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(a)
Exemptions.
The ground
					 connections for outside installations of cable protectors employed solely to
					 prevent electrical injury to the cable need not conform to the requirements of
					 this section. For the provisions governing the grounding of the metal cases of
					 outdoor apparatus as covered by this section, reference should be made to
					 §§
											39.61-39.70 (relating to methods of
					 protective grounding).
(b)
Arresters.
Arresters shall be permanently and effectively
					 grounded in the following manner:
(1)
Ground conductor.
The ground conductor shall preferably be of
					 copper or other material which does not corrode under the conditions of use,
					 and shall be not less than No. 18 in size and in urban districts or within
					 buildings shall be covered with a suitable insulation. If necessary to guard
					 the ground conductor from mechanical injury on poles or if a ground conductor
					 on the outside of building walls is near a roadway, sidewalk or pathway thus
					 necessarily exposing it to tampering by unauthorized persons, it shall be
					 protected for a distance of eight feet from the ground by a wooden molding or
					 by conduit of nonmagnetic material.
(2)
Ground connection.
The
					 ground connection shall be made to a cold water pipe, if available, connected
					 to the street mains and in service. An outlet pipe from a water tank fed by a
					 street main may be used if such outlet pipe is adequately bonded around the
					 tank to the inlet pipe connected to the street main. If a cold water pipe is
					 not available, the ground connection may be made to a gas pipe, if the ground
					 conductor is attached to the pipe between the meter and the street mains. If
					 cold water or gas pipes are not available, the ground connection may be made to
					 an iron rod or pipe driven into permanently damp earth, or to a plate or other
					 body of metal buried in permanently damp earth. Reference should also be made
					 to §
												39.65 (relating to ground
					 conductor). Steam or hot water pipes should not be used for ground connections.
					 Driven rods or pipes, used as ground connections for protectors, shall not also
					 be used as ground connections for electrical supply circuits or electrical
					 apparatus, and where water or gas pipes are used for a ground connection,
					 attachment to such pipes shall be made at a different point than for
					 attachments to electrical supply circuits or equipment.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › RULES FOR THE EMPLOYER-ORGANIZATION › Section 39.311 - Interpretation and enforcement of rules

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(a) The employer shall furnish to each
					 regular employe operating or working on electrical supply equipment, supply or
					 signal lines, or hazardous electrical tests a copy of these safety rules for
					 operation, or such of these provisions as apply to his work, either separately
					 or incorporated in more comprehensive rule books, and shall take means to
					 secure compliance of the employes with such provisions.
(b) If a difference of opinion arises with
					 regard to the meaning of application of these provisions or as to the means
					 necessary to carry them out, the decision of the employer or his authorized
					 agent shall be final, subject to an appeal, if taken, to the regulative body
					 having jurisdiction.
(c) Cases may
					 arise where the strict enforcement of some particular rule will seriously
					 impede the progress of the work in hand; in such cases the employe in charge of
					 the work to be done and the employe in charge of that portion of the system on
					 which the work is to be done may, with the consent of the chief operator
					 concerned, make such temporary modification of the rule as will expedite the
					 work without materially increasing the hazard.
(d) Many companies number their books of
					 rules and require a receipt from each employe for his copy.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › RULES FOR THE EMPLOYER-ORGANIZATION › Section 39.312 - Organization diagram

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To better secure the safe and accurate performance of
						work, an organization diagram or written statement clearly showing the division
						of responsibility between officials and employes, down to and including the
						grade of foreman, should be supplied with the book of rules, or the rules
						should be posted conspicuously in offices and stations of the employer and in
						other places if the number of employes and the nature of the work
						warrants.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › RULES FOR THE EMPLOYER-ORGANIZATION › Section 39.313 - Address list and emergency

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(a) The
					 rule book should contain or be accompanied by the following:
(1) A list of names and addresses of those
					 physicians and members of the organization who are to be called upon in
					 emergencies.
(2) A copy of rules
					 for first aid, resuscitation and fire extinguishment.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › RULES FOR THE EMPLOYER-ORGANIZATION › Section 39.314 - Instructing employes

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Employes regularly working on or about equipment or lines
						shall be thoroughly instructed in methods of first aid, resuscitation, and, if
						advisable, in fire extinguishment.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › RULES FOR THE EMPLOYER-ORGANIZATION › Section 39.315 - Qualifications of employes

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The employer shall use every reasonable means and
						precaution to assure himself that each employe is mentally and physically
						qualified to perform his work in accordance with these rules.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › RULES FOR THE EMPLOYER-ORGANIZATION › Section 39.316 - Chief operator

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(a) A
					 properly qualified chief operator, system operator, load dispatcher, general
					 superintendent, or otherwise designated employe, whose duties are those
					 prescribed in §
											39.351 (relating to duties of
					 chief operator), shall be in charge of the operation of electrical equipment
					 and lines and directly responsible for their safe operation.
(b) In large organizations the duties of the
					 chief operator may be delegated for any particular section of the system to a
					 deputy chief operator, or otherwise designated employe, who shall report as
					 required to the chief.
(c) When it
					 is impracticable to have the entire system placed in charge of one chief
					 operator, the duties of the chief operator may be performed for a portion of
					 the system by a local superintendent, local manager or other employe who may
					 also perform other duties.
(d) In
					 small organizations the duties of the chief operator may be performed by the
					 superintendent, electrician, engineer or some other employe who may also
					 perform other duties. In these provisions the various employes listed by such
					 titles, including the deputy chief operator, will be designated, for
					 simplicity, by the title of chief operator, where referred to in this
					 capacity.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.351 (relating to duties of
						  chief operator).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › RULES FOR THE EMPLOYER-ORGANIZATION › Section 39.317 - Responsibility

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If more than one person is engaged in work on or about
						the same electrical equipment or lines at any one location, one of the persons
						shall be designated as the foreman locally in charge of the work; or workmen
						shall be instructed as to the work they are to perform, and the employe
						instructing the workmen shall be considered in charge of the
						work.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.525 (relating to duties of
						  foreman).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › PROTECTIVE METHODS AND DEVICES › Section 39.321 - Attendance

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Unless a qualified employe is kept on duty where
						generators or rotary converters are operating, the equipment shall be made
						inaccessible to unauthorized persons.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › PROTECTIVE METHODS AND DEVICES › Section 39.322 - Requirement for two workmen

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Except in trouble or emergency work, at least two
						employes should be provided where work is done on live lines above 750 volts in
						wet weather or at night.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › PROTECTIVE METHODS AND DEVICES › Section 39.323 - Uninstructed workmen and visitors

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Unqualified employes or visitors shall be prohibited from
						approaching live parts, unless accompanied by a qualified
						employe.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › PROTECTIVE METHODS AND DEVICES › Section 39.324 - Diagrams for chief operator

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Diagrams or equivalent devices, showing plainly the
						arrangement and location of the electrical equipment and lines, should be
						maintained on file or in sight of the chief operator. These diagrams may be of
						the entire system, of each specific portion of the system, or they may show
						typical arrangements.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › PROTECTIVE METHODS AND DEVICES › Section 39.325 - Instructions to employes

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(a)
					 Employes shall be instructed as to the character of equipment or lines on or
					 dangerously near to, work which is done by them.
(b) Instructions shall describe the equipment
					 and lines to be worked on, identifying them by position, letter, color, number
					 or name.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › PROTECTIVE METHODS AND DEVICES › Section 39.326 - Protective devices

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There shall be provided in conspicuous and suitable
						places in electrical stations, testing departments, and line construction and
						repair wagons, a sufficient supply of suitable protective, first aid and
						fire-extinguishing devices and equipment, to enable employes to meet the
						requirements of these rules. These devices and equipment shall be inspected or
						tested to insure that they are kept in good order. The following is a list of
						suitable devices and equipment, the kinds and number of which will depend on
						the requirements of each case:
(1)
					 First aid outfits.
(2) Insulating
					 wearing apparel, such as insulating gloves, sleeves, and boots. Insultating
					 shields, covers, mats, stools and platforms. Insulating appliances, such as
					 rods and tongs, for any necessary handling or testing of live equipment or
					 lines.
(3) Protective goggles of
					 suitable materials and construction.
(4) Tools of such special design and
					 insulation as to eliminate so far as practicable the danger of forming short
					 circuits across conducting parts at different potentials or bringing the user
					 into circuit with such parts.
(5)
					 "Men at work" tags, log books, operating diagrams or equivalent devices, and
					 portable danger signs.
(6) Fire
					 extinguishing devices, either designed for safe use on live parts or plainly
					 marked that they shall not be so used.
(7) Grounding devices for making protective
					 grounds. Safety belts, whether furnished by employer or employe, should be
					 inspected from time to time to assure that they are in safe working
					 condition.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › PROTECTIVE METHODS AND DEVICES › Section 39.327 - Warning and danger signs

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(a) There
					 shall be displayed in conspicuous places at unattended and unlocked entrances
					 to electrical supply stations, substations, and testing rooms, containing
					 exposed current-carrying parts or moving parts, permanent warning signs
					 forbidding entrance to unauthorized persons.
(b) Suitable danger signs, shall be placed in
					 supply stations, substations, switching towers, and testing rooms about
					 equipment having exposed current-carrying parts above 750 volts.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › RULES FOR EMPLOYES-GENERAL PRECAUTIONS › Section 39.331 - Rules and emergency method

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(a)
					 Safety rules shall be carefully read and studied. Employes may be called upon
					 at any time to show their knowledge of the rules.
(b) Employes should familiarize themselves
					 with approved methods of first aid, resuscitation, and fire
					 extinguishment.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.411 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.421 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.431 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.441 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.451 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.491 (relating to general
						  requirements).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › RULES FOR EMPLOYES-GENERAL PRECAUTIONS › Section 39.332 - Heeding warnings, warning others

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(a) Employes whose duties do not require them
					 to approach or handle electrical equipment and lines should keep away from such
					 equipment or lines.
(b) Employes
					 shall be cautious, heed warning signs and signals, and warn others when seen in
					 danger near live equipment or lines.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.411 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.421 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.431 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.441 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.451 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.491 (relating to general
						  requirements).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › RULES FOR EMPLOYES-GENERAL PRECAUTIONS › Section 39.333 - Inexperienced or unfit employes

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No employe shall do work for which he is not properly
						qualified on or about live equipment or lines, except under the direct
						supervision of an experienced and properly qualified person.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.411 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.421 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.431 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.441 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.451 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.491 (relating to general
						  requirements).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › RULES FOR EMPLOYES-GENERAL PRECAUTIONS › Section 39.334 - Supervision of workmen

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Workmen whose employment incidentally brings them in the
						neighborhood of electrical supply equipment or lines with the dangers of which
						they are not familiar shall proceed with their work only when authorized. They
						shall then be accompanied by a properly qualified and authorized person, whose
						instructions shall be strictly obeyed.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.411 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.421 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.431 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.441 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.451 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.491 (relating to general
						  requirements).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › RULES FOR EMPLOYES-GENERAL PRECAUTIONS › Section 39.335 - Exercising care

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Employes about live equipment and lines should consider
						the effect of each act and do nothing which may endanger themselves or others.
						Employes should be careful always to place themselves in a safe and secure
						position and to avoid slipping, stumbling, or moving backward against live
						parts. The care exercised by others should not be relied upon for
						protection.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.411 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.421 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.431 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.441 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.451 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.491 (relating to general
						  requirements).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › RULES FOR EMPLOYES-GENERAL PRECAUTIONS › Section 39.336 - Live and arcing parts

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(a)
Everything shall be treated as alive.
Electrical equipment and
					 lines shall always be considered as alive, unless they are positively known to
					 be dead. Before work is begun, a preliminary inspection or test should always
					 be made to determine what conditions exist. Reference should also be made to
					 §§
											39.363 and
					 39.403 (relating to general
					 requirements; and test of circuit).
(b)
Protection against arcs.
If exposed to injurious arcing, the hands should be protected by insulating
					 gloves and the eyes by suitable goggles or other means. Employes should keep
					 all parts of their bodies as distant as possible from brushes, commutators,
					 switches, circuit breakers, or other parts at which arcing is liable to occur
					 during operation or handling.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.411 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.421 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.431 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.441 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.451 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.491 (relating to general
						  requirements).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › RULES FOR EMPLOYES-GENERAL PRECAUTIONS › Section 39.337 - Safety appliances and suitable clothing

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(a)
Safety appliances.
Employes at work on or near live parts should use the protective devices and
					 special tools provided, first examining them to make sure that these devices
					 and tools are suitable and in good condition. Protective devices may get out of
					 order or be unsuited to the work in hand.
(b)
Suitable clothing.
Employes should wear suitable clothing while working on or about live equipment
					 and lines. In particular they should keep sleeves down and avoid wearing
					 unnecessary metal or inflammable articles, such as rings, watch or key chains,
					 or metal cap visors, celluloid collars or celluloid cap visors. Loose clothing
					 and shoes that slip easily should not be worn near moving parts.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.411 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.421 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.431 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.441 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.451 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.491 (relating to general
						  requirements).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › RULES FOR EMPLOYES-GENERAL PRECAUTIONS › Section 39.338 - Safe supports and safety belts

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(a)
Safe supports.
Employes should not support themselves on any
					 portion of a tree, pole structure, scaffold, ladder, or other elevated
					 structure without first making sure that the supports are strong enough,
					 reinforcing them if necessary. Portable ladders should be in a safe position
					 before being climbed. The slipping of a ladder at either end should be
					 carefully guarded against, especially if the surfaces are smooth or
					 vibrating.
(b)
Safety
					 belts.
Employes should not work in elevated positions unless secured
					 from falling by a suitable safety belt or by other adequate means. Before an
					 employe trusts his weight to the belt, he should determine that the snaps or
					 fastenings are properly engaged and that he is secure in his belt. Employes who
					 furnish their own belts shall from time to time submit them to the employer for
					 inspection.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.411 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.421 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.431 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.441 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.451 (relating to general
						  provisions); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.491 (relating to general
						  requirements).