California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 5 - Electrical Safety Orders
Group 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders
Article 59 - Hazardous (Classified) Locations
Section 2540.2 - General
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Documentation. All areas designated as hazardous (classified) locations under the Class and Zone system and areas designated under the Class and Division system established after May 5, 2008 shall be properly documented. This documentation shall be available to those authorized to design, install, inspect, maintain, or operate electric equipment at the location.
(b) Intrinsically safe equipment. Equipment and associated wiring approved as intrinsically safe shall be permitted in any hazardous (classified) location for which it is approved. Intrinsically safe equipment and wiring shall not be capable of releasing sufficient electrical or thermal energy under normal or abnormal conditions to cause ignition of a specific hazardous atmospheric mixture in its most easily ignited concentration. Abnormal conditions shall include accidental damage to any field-installed wiring, failure of electrical components, application of over-voltage, adjustment and maintenance operations, and other similar conditions.
1. Editorial correction of NOTE filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2. Amendment of Title 24 cross references filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 37).
3. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 5-5-2008; operative 5-5-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code 142.3(a)(3) (Register 2008, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.
