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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 › TESTING OPERATIONS › Section 39.463 - Checking of conditions

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(a)
					 Employes shall thoroughly familiarize themselves with conditions surrounding
					 equipment or lines to be tested before making any change in these
					 conditions.
(b) Employes shall not
					 make any change in equipment or lines unless they fully understand the effect
					 of the change.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (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 › TESTING OPERATIONS › Section 39.464 - Foreman

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One properly qualified person shall be in immediate
						charge of testing work, or workmen shall be instructed as to the work they are
						to perform and the employe instructing them shall be considered in charge of
						the work.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (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 › TESTING OPERATIONS › Section 39.465 - Warnings and barriers

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(a) The
					 employer shall display danger signs and erect suitable guards about equipment
					 or lines under test when in places where traffic is frequent, if live or moving
					 parts would otherwise be exposed.
(b) When temporary wiring, belts, pulleys or
					 other temporary live or moving parts are necessarily guarded, suitable portable
					 guards and warning signs shall be used.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (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 › TESTING OPERATIONS › Section 39.466 - Requirement for two workmen

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No person shall work alone in testing or experimental
						work on or about parts on which the voltage may exceed 750 volts, except in
						routine testing where the live parts are properly guarded.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (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 › TESTING OPERATIONS › Section 39.467 - Reporting defects

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Employes shall promptly report to immediate superiors any
						conditions of equipment or lines under test which may endanger life or
						property.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (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 › TUNNEL AND SUBWAY OPERATION › Section 39.471 - General requirements

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(a) Tunnel
					 and subway electricians, operators, and others working on or about underground
					 electrical equipment, not in stations, substations, or in underground conduit
					 systems, shall study and strictly observe this section and §§
											39.472-39.481 in addition to §§
											39.331-39.371, §§
											39.411-39.419 and §§
											39.431-39.438 so far as they apply to
					 their work.
(b) The value of
					 insulation, insulating covering, as protection from shock is reduced by the
					 dampness usually present in these and similar locations. The restricted spaces
					 often bring the worker closer to equipment and wires than in other kinds of
					 electrical work, and the imperfect illumination also makes special care
					 necessary to avoid contacts. The human body and surrounding surfaces become
					 more conducting if dampness exists, and electrical shocks are therefore more
					 severe.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (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 › TUNNEL AND SUBWAY OPERATION › Section 39.472 - Live electrical parts

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(a) Before
					 handling electrical equipment or wires, employes shall ascertain whether they
					 are alive or dead. Employes should not work on live equipment or wires when the
					 current may be shut off without interrupting necessary operations.
(b) No person shall touch or disturb any
					 electrical equipment or wires without being authorized.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (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 › TUNNEL AND SUBWAY OPERATION › Section 39.473 - Standing on ground

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(a) Employes
					 shall not touch any electric wire, cable or third-rail, no matter how well it
					 is insulated while standing on the ground or on any pipe, track, nail, or other
					 conducting surface, unless insulated from the latter.
(b) Employes shall not touch the metal frame
					 or case of a motor unless they are insulated from the ground or the frame is
					 effectively grounded.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (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 › TUNNEL AND SUBWAY OPERATION › Section 39.474 - Carrying tools

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(a) In carrying
					 tools or metal implements in passageways containing electric wires, especially
					 near exposed trolleys, employes shall not permit the tools or implements to
					 touch such wires.
(b) In
					 particular, employes shall not carry such objects on the shoulder when there
					 are conductors overhead, nor carry objects on that side of passageways where
					 third-rails or side trolley wires are exposed.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (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 › TUNNEL AND SUBWAY OPERATION › Section 39.475 - Handling and repairing live parts

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(a)
					 When necessary to handle or repair live trolley wires, third-rails, cables,
					 motors, or other electircal equipment, employes shall wear suitable insulating
					 gloves or stand on the waterproof insulating mats or platforms
					 provided.
(b) Employes shall not
					 rely entirely on gloves for protection. The gloves may have been punctured
					 since they were previously tested.
(c) Before handling or making use of any
					 electrical cable, employes shall carefully examine it to make sure that its
					 insulation is not injured.
(d)
					 Portable cables should be inspected at least once daily during the period of
					 their use.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (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 › TUNNEL AND SUBWAY OPERATION › Section 39.476 - Handling portable devices

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(a) In
					 handling portable motors or lamps, employes shall ascertain that the external
					 metal frame is not alive by contact with or leakage from live parts
					 within.
(b) Employes shall have
					 such portable devices inspected at least once daily during the period of their
					 use.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (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 › TUNNEL AND SUBWAY OPERATION › Section 39.477 - Fuses and switches

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(a)
					 Employes shall not handle fuses or close switches or circuit breakers unless
					 they are authorized to perform that special duty, and then they shall use the
					 insulating handles or rods provided.
(b) Before closing switches employes shall
					 ascertain whether other persons are endangered.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (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 › TUNNEL AND SUBWAY OPERATION › Section 39.478 - Injuring cables and wires

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Employes shall not fire shots, handle tools, or perform
						other work in such a manner as to injure cables or wires in the vicinity. If
						doubt exists as to performance of such work, employes should consult a
						superior.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (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 › TUNNEL AND SUBWAY OPERATION › Section 39.479 - Temporary wiring

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(a) Employes
					 shall not arrange the wiring of any temporary circuit for earth return, nor use
					 bare conductors, particularly the temporary portions of shot firing circuits
					 and to the leads of portable motors and lamps.
(b) Employes shall not employ temporary
					 circuits without seeing that there are installed at the junction with the
					 permanent wiring, suitable disconnecting switches or plug connectors, arranged
					 to disconnect all conductors of the temporary circuit by a single
					 operation.
(c) For shot firing
					 circuits their disconnectors should be left open until the shot is to be fired,
					 and should preferably be arranged for locking in the open position.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (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 › TUNNEL AND SUBWAY OPERATION › Section 39.480 - General precautions

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(a)
					 Employes shall not get on or off locomotives or cars on the side where the
					 trolley wire or third-rail is located.
(b) Employes shall not place combustible or
					 explosive materials near electric wires, trolley tracks, third-rails, or
					 motors.
(c) Employes shall not act
					 in any way that may cause sparking, or expose parts that may arc or spark
					 during operation, if any explosive gases are present.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (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 › TUNNEL AND SUBWAY OPERATION › Section 39.481 - Reporting dangerous conditions

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Employes shall promptly report to a superior any
						dangerous or unusual conditions observed. In particular, they shall report the
						presence of gas, broken insulators, bad insulation on wires, defective
						third-rail construction, live frames of motors, broken ground wires on motor
						frames, and sparking, arcing, or shocks, noticed at any point as well as any
						fallen, crossed, or abnormally sagging wires, whether electric wires or not.
						This includes trolley wires at switches and crossings and wires injured through
						falling roofs.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.471 (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 › SIGNAL LINE OPERATION › Section 39.491 - General requirements

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Men working on or near telephone and telegraph lines
						operated in connection with supply lines shall study and strictly observe this
						section and §§
											39.492-39.497 in addition to the general
						rules in §§
											39.331-39.371 and the special rules in
						§§
											39.411-39.419 and §§
											39.431-39.438 which apply to their work.
						Reference should also be made to Subchapter B (relating to electric safety
						regulations).
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (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 › SIGNAL LINE OPERATION › Section 39.492 - Official in charge of operations

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Reference should be made to §
											39.51 (relating to
						definitions).
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (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 › SIGNAL LINE OPERATION › Section 39.493 - Precautions before climbing poles

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(a) Before climbing poles or other structures
					 to work on or about signal lines, especially where occupied in common with, or
					 running near power circuits, employes shall make a careful inspection to
					 ascertain if possible whether there are any crosses with supply
					 circuits.
(b) Employes shall apply
					 mechanical tests as far as practicable to messenger wires before trusting the
					 wires to carry their weight.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (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 › SIGNAL LINE OPERATION › Section 39.494 - Approaching supply lines

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(a)
					 Employes shall avoid contact with wires other than those they know to be signal
					 wires, assuming such other wires always to be alive. Signal wires in trouble
					 may be in contact with supply lines at some distant point and should be treated
					 with proper care.
(b) Employes
					 shall not approach any supply line or supply equipment within the distance
					 given in §§
											39.364 and
					 39.365 (relating to voltages
					 between 750 and 7,500; and voltages above 7,500), unless they comply with the
					 rules of that section, as far as they apply.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (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 › SIGNAL LINE OPERATION › Section 39.495 - Touching equipment

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
While handling signal lines, metal sheaths, or signal
						equipment employes shall avoid touching guy or span wires and supply lines or
						equipment, especially standing on or touching transformer cases, bangers or
						connections. While touching open signal lines employes shall avoid contact also
						with grounded parts such as sheaths and ground wires.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (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 › SIGNAL LINE OPERATION › Section 39.496 - Stringing wires

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(a) When
					 stringing wires or cables over or under supply lines, employes shall avoid any
					 possibility of their coming in contact, and shall not string them above live
					 supply lines where it is practicable to avoid it.
(b) If liability of contact cannot be
					 entirely avoided, the lines being handled shall be treated as alive, unless
					 they are effectively grounded, and the rules in §§
											39.361-39.371 so far as they are
					 applicable, shall be carefully observed.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (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 › SIGNAL LINE OPERATION › Section 39.497 - Reporting dangerous conditions

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Employes shall promptly report to the proper official
						abnormally sagging wires, broken or defective insulators, pins, crossarms,
						defective poles or any other dangerous conditions of their own or other
						utilities.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.461 (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 › COMMERCIAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS › Section 39.501 - General requirements

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This section and §§
											39.502-39.546 shall also apply to fire
						and police alarm systems, district messenger systems and other signal systems
						not operated in connection with supply lines.
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 EMPLOYER-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.511 - Distribution and enforcement of rules

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(a) The employer shall furnish to each
					 regular employe working on or about commercial telephone or telegraph equipment
					 or lines, safety rules governing his conduct while so engaged, and shall take
					 suitable means to secure the compliance of employes with such rules.
(b) The safety rules furnished to any employe
					 may be in such form as the employer may determine are best suited to the needs
					 of individual employes. They shall, however, include the principles set forth
					 in the provisions of §§
											39.511-39.515 (relating to rules of
					 employer-signal systems), or at least such part thereof as is applicable to the
					 work in which the employe is engaged, and shall not conflict with these
					 rules.
(c) If a difference of
					 opinion arises with regard to the meaning or application of these rules, 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.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 EMPLOYER-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.512 - Address list and emergency rules

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(a)
					 Rule books should contain or be accompanied by all of 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 EMPLOYER-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.513 - Instructing employes

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
					 Employes regularly working on or about signal equipment or lines, if their
					 duties render such training necessary, shall be thoroughly instructed in
					 approved methods of first aid, resuscitation, and fire extinguishment, and, if
					 advisable, regularly drilled.
(b)
					 Groups of employes, such as commercial telephone operators, shall be thoroughly
					 drilled to make prompt and orderly exit from buildings in case of
					 fire.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.511 (relating to distribution
						  and enforcement of 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 EMPLOYER-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.514 - Qualifications of employes

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
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 this subchapter, and that he
						is not addicted to the use of intoxicants and habit-forming
						drugs.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (relating to general
						  requirements); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.511 (relating to distribution
						  and enforcement of 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 EMPLOYER-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.515 - Protective devices

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) There shall
					 be provided in conspicuous and suitable places in stations and on line wagons a
					 sufficient supply of suitable protective, first aid and fire-extinguishing
					 equipment to enable employes to meet the requirements of this subchapter. The
					 devices and equipment shall be inspected or tested to insure that they are kept
					 in good order.
(b) The following is
					 a list of suitable devices and equipment, the kinds and numbers of which depend
					 on the requirements of each case:
(1) First
					 aid outfits.
(2) Insulating wearing
					 apparel, such as insulating gloves, boots and shields.
(3) Safety belts.
(4) Fire-extinguishing apparatus.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL › Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY › GENERAL RULES FOR EMPLOYES-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.521 - Heeding warnings, warning others

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Employes should be cautious, heed warning signs and
						signals, and always warn others when seen in danger near equipment and
						lines.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › GENERAL RULES FOR EMPLOYES-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.522 - Inexperienced or unfit employes

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Employes shall not do work for which they are not
						properly qualified on or about equipment or lines, except under the direct
						supervision of an experienced and properly qualified person.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › GENERAL RULES FOR EMPLOYES-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.523 - Electrical supply equipment or lines

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Workmen whose duties do not require them
					 to approach or handle electrical supply equipment and lines should keep away
					 from such equipment or lines.
(b)
					 Electrical supply equipment and lines should always be considered as alive
					 unless positively known to be dead.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › GENERAL RULES FOR EMPLOYES-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.524 - 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, lamp bracket or similar fixtures on poles,
					 scaffold, ladder, roof, skylight 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 where the surfaces are smooth or vibrating. Insecure makeshift
					 substitutes for ladders should not be used. An employe should never trust his
					 weight on thin wooden boxes, sinks, washbowls, windows, shelves, or chair
					 backs. A ladder should not be placed upon a box, barrel, or other movable or
					 insecure object. Care should be taken to see that chairs, rolling ladders, and
					 similar equipment are in first-class condition before being used.
(b)
Safety belts.
Employes
					 should not work in elevated positions unless secured from falling by suitable
					 safety belt or other adequate means, sometimes including suitably located
					 pole-steps. Before an employe trusts his weight to the belt he should determine
					 that the snaps or fastenings are properly engaged and that he is secured in his
					 belt.
(c)
Safety ropes.
Ropes used for supporting boatswain's chairs, platforms, or for other
					 purposes on which the security of the employe depends shall be frequently
					 inspected to assure that they are maintained in good condition.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › GENERAL RULES FOR EMPLOYES-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.525 - Duties of foreman

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(a) Each foreman
					 in charge of work shall see that the safety rules are observed by the employes
					 under his direction. He shall make all necessary records and report to his
					 superior when required. He shall permit only authorized persons to approach
					 places where work is being done. He shall adopt such precautions as are within
					 his power to prevent accidents, and prohibit the use of any tools or devices
					 not suited to the work in hand or defective. Reference should also be made to
					 §
											39.317 (relating to
					 responsibility).
(b) The qualified
					 persons accompanying uninstructed workmen or visitors near electrical equipment
					 or lines shall take precautions to provide suitable safeguards and see that the
					 safety rules are observed.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › GENERAL RULES FOR EMPLOYES-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.526 - Handling live parts

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No employe should touch, with bare hands, any exposed
						ungrounded live part above 150 volts to ground, unless he is insulated from
						other conducting surface, including the ground itself. When employes
						necessarily touch, at the same time, two parts between which a considerable
						potential exists, insulating gloves or other protection shall be
						used.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › GENERAL RULES FOR EMPLOYES-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.527 - Power circuits in central offices

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(a)
					 When making repairs on electric light or power circuits, the circuits shall,
					 whenever possible, be made dead.
(b) If practicable, moving apparatus, such as
					 fans, shall be stopped before working upon it.
(c) Only duly authorized persons shall be
					 admitted to central office transformer vaults or battery rooms.
(d) Care shall be used while working on or
					 near circuits over 150 volts to ground, particularly in alternating current
					 districts.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › GENERAL RULES FOR EMPLOYES-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.528 - Handling fuses or brushes

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(a) When
					 inspecting or changing fuses, care should be taken to prevent injury to the
					 eyes. If it is necessary to handle the fuses, the circuit should be cut off if
					 possible.
(b) When working on the
					 brushes of a machine in operation employes shall use care not to break a
					 circuit, the flashing of which may injure the eyes or burn the hands. If it is
					 necessary to remove a brush from the holder, the machine shall be shut
					 down.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › GENERAL RULES FOR EMPLOYES-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.529 - Battery room

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Employes shall not smoke or cause arcing in
						storage-battery rooms. The use of open flames should be avoided, especially
						while the cells are gassing, and should be permitted only in special cases
						under the direct supervision of an experienced person and after the room has
						been thoroughly ventilated.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › OVERHEAD LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.531 - Testing structures before climbing

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(a) Before climbing poles, ladders,
					 scaffolds, or other elevated structures employes shall first insure that the
					 pole, ladder, scaffold, tree, crossarm, messenger wire, cable car, or
					 boatswain's chair, or other elevated support is strong enough to safely sustain
					 their weight.
(b) On pole
					 replacement work no pole shall be climbed for the purpose of clearing it of all
					 wires and cables without first guying or bracing the pole securely. Where poles
					 or crossarms are apparently unsafe from decay, or have unequal strains of wires
					 on them, they should be properly braced or guyed, if necessary, before they are
					 climbed.
(c) An uncoiled handline,
					 rope, or wire of any sort should not be fastened to the employe while climbing
					 a pole, but where this is necessarily done the employe should exercise due care
					 to prevent the line from catching on obstructions.
(d) In climbing poles careful watch should be
					 kept for nails or other foreign attachments which may catch in the clothing and
					 cause a fall.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › OVERHEAD LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.532 - Use of pole steps

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(a) When poles
					 are stepped, employes should make use of such steps in climbing, first making
					 sure that the steps are firmly set in solid material before trusting one's
					 weight upon them. On icy poles, particular attention should be paid to each
					 step.
(b) Employes shall not
					 support themselves by pins, brackets, or conductor wires.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › OVERHEAD LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.533 - Spurs

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Spurs with gaffs worn short shall not be used. The gaff
						on spurs shall be kept sharp, and spurs shall fit properly. Spurs shall not be
						worn on work for which they are not required, nor while men are traveling to or
						from work.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › OVERHEAD LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.534 - Approaching supply line

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(a)
					 Employes shall avoid contact with wires other than those known to be signal
					 wires, assuming such other wires always to be alive. Signal wires in trouble
					 may be in contact with supply lines at some distance point, and should be
					 treated as live supply lines unless known to be free from any dangerous
					 voltage.
(b) Employes shall not
					 approach any supply line or supply equipment within the distances of
					 §§
											39.364-39.365 (relating to voltages
					 between 750 and 7,500; and voltages above 7,500), unless they comply with the
					 requirements of that section.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › OVERHEAD LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.535 - Touching equipment

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While handling signal lines, metal sheaths, or signal
						equipment, employes shall avoid touching trolley or arc lamp span wires and
						supply lines or equipment, and especially shall avoid standing on or touching
						transformer cases, hangers or connections.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › OVERHEAD LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.536 - Care about electrical supply lines

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(a) Employes shall ascertain the voltage of
					 all wires before going among them.
(b) Leaning over and crowding through
					 unprotected supply wires should be avoided if possible. Employes shall place
					 themselves so that they do not fall on supply wires if an accident
					 occurs.
(c) Employes shall not
					 depend on the insulating covering of wires, and shall treat all lines as alive
					 unless they have been killed properly, except signal lines known to be
					 clear.
(d) Employes shall treat as
					 alive wires, unless thoroughly grounded, which are being strung near supply
					 lines and regard them as being of the same voltage as the supply
					 lines.
(e) Employes shall avoid use
					 of handlines or measure tapes containing metal strands.
(f) When necessary to work in the vicinity of
					 supply lines, transformers, and similar equipment, employes shall insure before
					 starting work, that the position of the body is such that if they momentarily
					 forget themselves or fall, no portion of the body may come in contact with the
					 foreign wires or equipment. Employes shall have the supply lines approached
					 killed if possible.
(g) Railway
					 span wires, pull offs and trolley brackets shall be treated as if alive, even
					 though equipped with strain or other insulators.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › OVERHEAD LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.537 - Stringing wires

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(a) Employes
					 shall not string wires near live lines except by means of suitable insulating
					 handlines or other appliances and shall avoid the use of wire or twisted pair
					 as a substitute for a hand line.
(b) Wires should not be strung above live
					 lines operating at over 750 volts, unless the wires being strung are
					 effectively grounded or otherwise suitably protected, or in handling them the
					 precautions are observed as provided in §§
											39.364 and
					 39.365 (relating to voltages
					 between 750 and 7,500; and voltages above 7,500), for work on parts at the
					 voltage of the lines concerned, and the spacings maintained.
(c) Employes shall not change the strains on
					 a pole by adding or removing wires until assured that the pole is able to stand
					 the altered strains.
(d) When wires
					 are being pulled up on corner poles employes should stand in such a position
					 that they cannot be struck by the wire in case it slips.
(e) Where it is necessary to remove signal
					 wires below which are supply lines, power should be shut off of the supply
					 lines where possible, and if this is not practicable, rope cradles and suitable
					 guards should be erected. Extraordinary care should be exercised to prevent the
					 signal wires from sagging into the supply lines.
(f) When running wires, cables, cable strand,
					 span wires or guys across streets, sidewalks or highways, the coil or reel
					 shall not be left unattended nor shall the center of any span be permitted to
					 sag sufficiently to come into contact with vehicles or pedestrians unless a
					 helper is stationed to warn passersby until the slack is removed.
(g) When stringing wires for long distances,
					 precaution shall be taken to prevent the possibility of vehicles or pedestrians
					 coming into contact with the wire at the intersecting streets or highway
					 crossings.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › OVERHEAD LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.538 - Protecting traffic

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(a) When working
					 overhead, employes shall keep tools and materials not in use in proper
					 receptacles; tools or materials should not be thrown to or from the man on the
					 pole, but should be raised or lowered by means of a handline, using a proper
					 receptacle. Also tools and loose materials should not be left at the top of
					 poles, ladders or other elevated structures.
(b) Workmen shall not stand where they may be
					 struck by materials dropped by men working overhead.
(c) Pole holes and obstructions shall be
					 protected by watchmen or by suitable guards and danger signals or lights in a
					 location conspicuous to traffic.
(d) When working overhead or hoisting or
					 lowering materials above places where traffic occurs, a man should be stationed
					 to warn passersby.
(e) If traffic
					 is light, warning signs may be used in lieu of watchmen. If traffic is
					 congested, it may be necessary to rope off the space.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › OVERHEAD LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.539 - Reporting dangerous conditions

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(a)
					 Employes shall report promptly to immediate superiors any dangerous conditions
					 of their own or other utilities observed arising from defective insulators,
					 pins, crossarms, abnormally sagging wires, and the like.
(b) Immediately dangerous conditions shall be
					 guarded until they are made safe.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › UNDERGROUND LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.541 - Guarding manholes, handholes and street openings

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When removing manhole or handhole covers or making
						excavation, employes shall promptly protect the opening with a barrier,
						temporary cover, or other suitable guard, and see that danger signals or red
						lights are displayed in a location conspicuous to the traffic until permanent
						covers are in place or the excavations are filled.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › UNDERGROUND LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.542 - Testing for gas

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(a) Employes shall
					 not enter manholes until they have ascertained that such manholes are free from
					 dangerous gases, as indicated by approved safety lamps, by ventilation, or by
					 other adequate methods.
(b) When
					 work is being carried on in manholes for any length of time where gas collects,
					 suitable ventilation shall be provided or tests with the safety device should
					 be repeated at regular intervals to make certain that gas is not accumulating
					 in the manhole in dangerous quantities.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.433 (relating to testing for
						  gas); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › UNDERGROUND LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.543 - Watchman on surface at manholes

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(a)
					 Employes shall not enter manholes unless a man is stationed at the
					 surface.
(b) Employes shall not
					 leave a manhole unwatched until workmen are out.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › UNDERGROUND LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.544 - Avoiding flames

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(a) Employes
					 shall not smoke in manholes, and avoid as far as practicable open flames or
					 torches in or near manholes.
(b) If
					 it is necessary to illuminate a manhole, electric lights only should be used.
					 When doing this, it should be known that the leads, sockets, and connections
					 are well insulated and in good condition in order to avoid the possibility of a
					 spark. Special attention should be paid to the sparking of any motors used for
					 ventilating purposes.
(c) Employes
					 shall avoid sparks in handling live parts or cable sheaths, and avoid igniting
					 the flux in soldering and wiping joints. In using hot paraffin they shall see
					 that it does not reach a temperature at which it may ignite.
(d) In central office cable vaults tests
					 shall be made for the presence of gas before using exposed flames, and such
					 flames shall not be used in vaults where gas collects.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.435 (relating to avoiding
						  flames); and 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › UNDERGROUND LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.545 - Pulling cables

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When pulling in cables, employes shall insure that the
						gear does not slip so as to injure workmen. Employes shall avoid the danger of
						having the hands drawn into the tackle by the pulling line.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (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 › UNDERGROUND LINE OPERATION-SIGNAL SYSTEMS › Section 39.546 - Reporting dangerous conditions

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Employes shall promptly report to their immediate
						superiors any dangerous condition of their own or other utilities, whether
						observed in underground or overhead construction, particularly unsanitary
						conditions, gas, or missing cable tags in manholes and abnormally sagging wires
						or broken supports in overhead construction.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													39.501 (relating to general
						  requirements).