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 2 - High-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders
Article 17 - Enclosures for Electrical Installations
Section 2810 - Locked Rooms, Vaults, or Enclosures
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) The entrances to enclosures containing exposed high-voltage energized parts shall be kept locked, except where such entrances are at all times under the observation of a qualified attendant. Access doors or gates to rooms, vaults, or fenced enclosures containing electrical equipment shall be readily opened from the inside without the use of a key.
(b) The type of enclosure used in a given case shall be designed and constructed according to the hazards associated with the installation.
1. Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 4-1-2009; operative 4-1-2009. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code section 142.3 (Register 2009, No. 14).
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.
