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 71 - Motion-Picture Studios and Similar Locations
Section 2553.15 - Enclosing and Guarding Live Parts
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Live parts shall be enclosed or guarded to prevent accidental contact by persons and objects.
(b) All switches shall be of the externally operable type.
(c) Rheostats shall be placed in approved cases or cabinets that enclose all live parts, having only the operating handles exposed.
(d) Current-carrying parts of "bull-switches," "location boards," "spiders," and plugging boxes shall be so enclosed, guarded, or located that persons cannot accidentally come into contact with them or bring conductive material into contact with them.
(Title 24, Part 3, Section 530-15.)
1. Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code; and Section 18943(c), Health and Safety Code.
