Electrical Power Subdivision - osha.oregon.gov

1 Oregon Administrative Rules Chapter 437 Division 2 General Occupational Safety and Health Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, and distribution Subdivision AO 3-2015 ii The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services adopted these rules pursuant to ORS (2). The Secretary of State designated OAR Chapter 437 as the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Code. Six general subject areas within this code are designated as Divisions. Division 1 General Administrative Rules Division 2 General Occupational Safety and Health Rules Division 3 Construction Division 4 Agriculture Division 5 Maritime Activities Division 7 Forest Activities Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 654 The Oregon Safe Employment Act (OSEAct) Oregon-initiated rules in this division of the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Code are numbered in a uniform system developed by the Secretary of State.

2 This system does not number the rules in sequence (001, 002, 003, etc.). Omitted numbers may be assigned to new rules at the time of their adoption. Oregon-initiated rules are arranged in the following Basic Codification Structure adopted by the Secretary of State for Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR): Chapter Division Rule Section Subsection Paragraphs 437 002 0322 (1) (a) (A)(i)(I) The majority of Oregon OSHA rules are adopted by reference from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and are arranged in the following basic federal numbering system: Chapter Division Part Subpart Section Paragraphs ( Subdivision ) 437 002 1910 S.

3 303 (a) The terms Subdivision and subpart are synonymous within OAR 437, Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Code. To obtain an order form or copies of these codes, address: Department of Consumer & Business Services Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division (Oregon OSHA) 350 Winter St. NE, 3rd Floor Salem, OR 97301-3882 Or call the Oregon OSHA Resource Library at 503-378-3272 The rules referenced in this division are available for viewing in the Office of the Secretary of State, Oregon State Archives Building, Salem, Oregon, or the Central Office, Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, 350 Winter St.

4 NE, Salem, Oregon, and on our web site at Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, and distribution RR Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Oregon Administrative Rules 2 BDivision 2 RR - iii Table of contents 437-002-2300 General .. 1 437-002-2301 Medical services and first aid .. 7 437-002-2302 Job briefing .. 8 437-002-2303 Hazardous energy control procedures .. 9 437-002-2304 Enclosed spaces .. 18 437-002-2305 Excavations .. 21 437-002-2306 Personal protective equipment .. 21 437-002-2307 Portable ladders and platforms .. 27 437-002-2308 Hand and portable Power equipment.

5 28 437-002-2309 Live-line tools .. 30 437-002-2310 Materials handling and storage .. 32 437-002-2311 Working on or near exposed energized parts .. 32 437-002-2312 Deenergizing lines and equipment for employee protection .. 44 437-002-2313 Grounding for the protection of employees .. 48 437-002-2314 Testing and test facilities .. 50 437-002-2315 Mechanical equipment .. 54 437-002-2316 Overhead lines .. 57 437-002-2317 Line-clearance tree trimming .. 61 437-002-2318 Communication facilities .. 65 437-002-2319 Underground Electrical installations .. 65 437-002-2320 Substations .. 68 437-002-2321 Power generation installations.

6 71 437-002-2322 Special conditions .. 78 437-002-2323 Helicopters .. 80 437-002-2324 Definitions .. 89 Appendix A to Subdivision RR Flow Charts .. 99 Appendix B to Subdivision RR Working on Exposed Energized Parts .. 105 Appendix C to Subdivision RR Protection From Step and Touch Potentials .. 131 RR Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, and distribution 2 BDivision 2 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division RR - iv Appendix D to Subdivision RR - Methods of Inspecting and Testing Wood Poles .. 147 Appendix E to Subdivision RR Protection From Flames and Electric Arcs.

7 149 Appendix F to Subdivision RR - Work-Positioning Equipment Inspection Guidelines .. 167 Appendix G to Subdivision RR - Reference Documents .. 168 Historical Notes for Subdivision RR .. 173 List of Figures for Subdivision RR .. 174 List of Tables for Subdivision RR .. 174 General RR Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Oregon Administrative Rules 2 BDivision 2 437-002-2300 RR - 1 437-002-2300 (1)(e)(A) 437-002-2300 General (1) Application. Division 2/RR covers the operation and maintenance of electric Power generation, control, transformation, transmission, and distribution lines and equipment.

8 These provisions apply to: (a) Power generation, transmission, and distribution installations, including related equipment for the purpose of communication or metering that are accessible only to qualified employees; Note to paragraph (1)(a): The types of installations covered by this paragraph include the generation, transmission, and distribution installations of electric utilities, as well as equivalent installations of industrial establishments. This includes facilities producing electric energy from other forms of energy, including but not limited to thermal, hydroelectric, photovoltaic, wind-generated, wave energy, and chemical energy from fuel cells and batteries.

9 Division 2/S covers supplementary electric generating equipment that is used to supply a workplace for emergency, standby, or similar purposes only. (b) Other installations at an electric Power generating station, as follows: (A) Fuel and ash handling and processing installations, such as coal conveyors, (B) Water and steam installations, such as penstocks, pipelines, and tanks, providing a source of energy for electric generators, and (C) Chlorine and hydrogen systems; (c) Test sites where employees perform Electrical testing involving temporary measurements associated with electric Power generation, transmission, and distribution in laboratories, in the field, in substations, and on lines, as opposed to metering, relaying, and routine line work; (d) Work on, or directly associated with, the installations covered in paragraphs (1)(a) through (1)(C) of this rule.

10 And (e) Line-clearance tree-trimming performed for the purpose of clearing space around electric Power generation, transmission, or distribution lines or equipment and on behalf of an organization that operates, or that controls the operating procedures for, those lines or equipment, as follows: (A) Entire Division 2/RR , except paragraph (1) of 437-002-2317, applies to line-clearance tree trimming covered by the introductory text to paragraph (1)(e) of 437-002-2300 when performed by qualified employees (those who are knowledgeable in the construction and operation of the electric Power generation, transmission, or distribution equipment involved, along with the associated hazards).