ELECTRICAL WORK PRACTICES

Selection and Use of Work Practices - Exposed Energized Parts

Sometimes equipment cannot be de-energized due to operational limits, equipment design, or risk of increased hazards.

Only qualified persons may work on electric circuit parts or equipment that have not been de-energized under the procedures of standard 1910.333. Such persons shall be capable of working safely on energized circuits and shall be familiar with:

Proper use of special precautionary techniques

Personal protective equipment

Insulating and shielding materials

Insulated tools.

To protect employees working on exposed live parts, safety-related work practices shall be used. Such work practices protect employees against contact with energized circuit parts directly with any part of their body or indirectly through a conductive object.

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