ELECTRICAL WORK PRACTICES

Electrical Safety Work Practices - Scope

The provisions of 1910.331 designate the scope of safety-related work practices based on an employee’s classification as qualified or unqualified. A qualified employee is an employee with training in avoiding electrical hazards when working near exposed energized parts while an unqualified employee has little or no training in this area.

Both qualified and unqualified employees are covered by the standard when working on, near, or with the following installations:

Premises Wiring - Installations of electric conductors and equipment within or on buildings or other structures, and on other premises such as yards, carnivals, parking lots, and industrial substations

Wiring for Connections to Supply - Installations of conductors that connect to the supply of electricity

Other Wiring - Installations of other outside conductors on the premises

Optical Fiber Cable - Installations of optical fiber cable where such installations are made along with electric conductors.

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