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 39.368 - Operating switches and working from below

Universal Citation: 34 PA Code ยง 39.368

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024

(a) Opening and closing switches. Manual switches and disconnectors should be closed by a single unhesitating motion, and, if possible, with one hand. Care should be exercised in opening switches to avoid causing serious arcing.

(b) Work from below. Employes should avoid working on equipment or lines from any position by reason of which a shock or slip will tend to bring the body toward exposed live parts. Work should therefore generally be done from below rather than from above.

This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 39.361 (relating to definitions); 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); and 34 Pa. Code § 39.496 (relating to stringing wires).

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