Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01173:body:0:p54
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01173
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 139070–141963

removing or inserting fuses will not be endangered by any adjacent live parts.
In general, it should not be possible to remove or insert fuses in a circuit unless it has been made dead by means of an isolating device on the incoming side.
The following notices should be displayed at suitable places:
       a warning notice prohibiting unauthorised persons from entering electrical equipment rooms, interfering with switchboards, and handling or interfering with electrical apparatus;
       a warning notice specifying the person to be notified in the event of an electrical accident or some other dangerous occurrence, and indicating how to communicate with that person;
       a notice specifying the voltage present in equipment or conductors; and
       a notice prohibiting the use of naked flames in the vicinity of the battery room.
Only authorised persons should have access to and enter equipment rooms containing live electrical equipment or have access to the rear of live switchboards.
No work should be done in dangerous proximity to a conductor or installation until it has been made dead and signs have been suitably posted.
All conductors and equipment should be considered to be live until proven otherwise.
If a conductor or an installation is in the immediate vicinity of a work location and cannot be de-energised, special precautions should be taken. This operation should be supervised accordingly.
Before a circuit is re-energised, an engineer officer should ensure that no seafarer is in a dangerous position and that all work has been completed with all permits to work signed off accordingly.
After work has been done on electrical equipment, the circuit should be re-energised only by, or on the orders of, a competent person.
Distribution apparatus and switch gear should be protected in all circumstances, particularly:
       against dripping or splashing of water; and
       in switchboard rooms and machinery spaces.
If temporary connections have to be made while repairs are being carried out, the connections should be made with cables having an adequate margin of current and voltage rating and by an engineer officer. They should be disconnected and removed as soon as they are no longer required.
Accurate up-to-date drawings, including cabling diagrams and electrical equipment arrangement diagrams, covering the whole installation must be on hand.
Distribution panels should include a list identifying the lighting fixtures, socket outlets and fixed appliances supplied by each of the panel's circuit breakers or fuses.
Distribution panels and local group starter panels should be clearly labelled to show their identity as depicted on the drawings.
Before any work on electrical equipment is carried out, fuses should be removed or circuit breakers opened to ensure that all related circuits are isolated and de-energised. If possible, switches