Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL
Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY
HANDLING LIVE EQUIPMENT AND LINES
Section 39.365 - Voltages above 7500
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) No employe should go, or take any conducting object, within the distances named below from any exposed live part at or above the voltage specified, except as permitted by this section; (distance for intermediate voltage to be determined by interpolation):
| Operating Voltage | Distance (in feet) |
| 7,500 | 1 |
| 15,000 | 2 |
| 50,000 | 3 |
| 70,000 | 5 |
(b) In dry locations these distances may be reduced, if suitable insulating guards or barriers are placed between the person and such part or object.
(c) If the part is being directly worked on, the tools or other mechanical appliances used shall provide the full distance of insulating material, unless protective guards are also used between the person and the live part. These protective guards may be permanent insulating covers or shields, or may be disks of insulating material, suitable for the voltages, to be handled and for the attendant conditions, attached to the handles of rods or tools.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 39.160 (relating to guarding live parts of switches and automatic cut-outs not installed on switchboards); 34 Pa. Code § 39.361 (relating to definitions); 34 Pa. Code § 39.367 (relating to when to kill parts); 34 Pa. Code § 39.404 (relating to completing grounds); 34 Pa. Code § 39.411 (relating to general provisions); 34 Pa. Code § 39.421 (relating to general provisions); 34 Pa. Code § 39.431 (relating to general provisions); 34 Pa. Code § 39.441 (relating to general provisions); 34 Pa. Code § 39.451 (relating to general provisions); 34 Pa. Code § 39.461 (relating to general requirements); 34 Pa. Code § 39.471 (relating to general requirements); 34 Pa. Code § 39.491 (relating to general requirements); 34 Pa. Code § 39.494 (relating to approaching supply line); 34 Pa. Code § 39.496 (relating to stringing wires); 34 Pa. Code § 39.534 (relating to approaching supply line); and 34 Pa. Code § 39.537 (relating to stringing wires).
