Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL
Subchapter B - ELECTRIC SAFETY
RULES FOR EMPLOYES-GENERAL PRECAUTIONS
Section 39.336 - Live and arcing parts

Universal Citation: 34 PA Code ยง 39.336

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

(a) Everything shall be treated as alive. Electrical equipment and lines shall always be considered as alive, unless they are positively known to be dead. Before work is begun, a preliminary inspection or test should always be made to determine what conditions exist. Reference should also be made to §§ 39.363 and 39.403 (relating to general requirements; and test of circuit).

(b) Protection against arcs. If exposed to injurious arcing, the hands should be protected by insulating gloves and the eyes by suitable goggles or other means. Employes should keep all parts of their bodies as distant as possible from brushes, commutators, switches, circuit breakers, or other parts at which arcing is liable to occur during operation or handling.

This section cited in 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); and 34 Pa. Code § 39.491 (relating to general requirements).

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