Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices ... - …

1 MIOSHA-STD-1130 (10/15) For further information 10 Pages Ph: 517-284-7740. DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS. DIRECTOR'S OFFICE. GENERAL INDUSTRY safety STANDARDS. Filed with the Secretary of State on June 1, 1992 (as amended April 6, 2015). These rules become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State unless adopted under section 33, 44, or 45a(6) of 1969 PA 306. Rules adopted under these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the Secretary of State. (By authority conferred on the director of the department of licensing and regulatory affairs by sections 16 and 21 of 1974 PA 154, MCL and , and Executive Reorganization Order Nos.)

2 1996-2, 2003-1, 2008-4, and 2011-4, MCL , , , and ). R , R , R , R , R , and R of the Michigan Administrative Code are amended, and R and R of the Code are added, as follows: PART 40. Safety-Related work Practices . Table of Contents GENERAL PROVISIONS .. 1 R Working on or near exposed R Scope.. 1 energized parts.. 5. R Referenced standards.. 2 R Working in confined or enclosed R Definition.. 2 work spaces that contain energized parts.. 7. R Training requirements.. 3 R Use of cord and plug-connected R Selection and use of work 4 equipment.

3 7. R Working on or near exposed de- R Electric power and lighting circuits.. 8. energized parts.. 4 R Safeguards for personnel working in Electrical hazard areas.. 8. GENERAL PROVISIONS. R Scope. Rule 4001. (1) The provisions of these rules regulate (d) Installations of optical fiber cable where such Electrical Safety-Related work Practices for both installations are made together with electric qualified persons, that is, those who have training in conductors. See R for training requirements avoiding the Electrical hazards of working on or near that apply to qualified and unqualified persons.

4 Exposed energized parts, and unqualified persons, that (2) The provisions of these rules also regulate is, those who have little or no such training, who work work that is performed by unqualified persons on, near, on, near, or with any of the following installations: or with the installations listed in subrule (3)(a) to (d) of (a) Installations of electric conductors and this rule. equipment within or on buildings or other structures (3) The provisions of these rules do not apply to and on other premises such as yards, carnival, work that is performed by qualified persons on, or parking, and other lots, and industrial substations.

5 Directly associated with, any of the following (b) Installations of conductors that connect to the installations: supply of electricity. (c) Installations of other outside conductors on the premises. 1. (a) Installations for the generation, control, R Referenced standards. transformation, transmission, and distribution of electric Rule 4001a. The following Michigan occupational energy, including communication and metering, that safety and health standards (MIOSHA) are referenced are located in buildings used for such purposes or in these rules.

6 Up to 5 copies of these standards may located outdoors. work on, or directly associated with, be obtained at no charge from the Department of installations of utilization equipment that is used for a Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, MIOSHA Regulatory purpose other than generating, transmitting, or Services Section, 7150 Harris Drive, Box 30643, distributing electric energy, such as installations which Lansing, MI, 48909-8143 or via the internet at website: are in office buildings, warehouses, garages, machine For quantities shops, or recreational buildings or which are other greater than 5, the cost, at the time of adoption of utilization installations that are not an integral part of a these rules, is 4 cents per page.

7 Generating installation, substation, or control center, is (a) General Industry safety Standard Part 33. regulated pursuant to the provisions of subrule (1)(a) of Personal Protective Equipment, R to this rule. work on, or directly associated with, R generation, transmission, or distribution installations (b) General Industry safety Standard Part 37. includes any of the following: Accident Prevention Signs and Tags, R to (i) work performed directly on such R installations, such as repairing overhead or (c) General Industry safety Standard Part 39.

8 Underground distribution lines or repairing a feed-water Design safety Standards for Electrical Systems, . pump for the boiler in a generating plant. R to R (ii) work that is directly associated with such (d) General Industry safety Standard Part 50. installations, such as line-clearance tree trimming and Telecommunications, R to R replacing utility poles. See the definition of line- (e) General Industry safety Standard Part 86. clearance tree trimming in R Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and (iii) work on electric utilization circuits in a Distribution, R to R generating plant provided if both of the following provisions apply: R Definition.

9 (A) Such circuits are commingled with Rule 4001b. Line-clearance tree trimmer, means an installations of power generation equipment or circuits. employee who, through related training or on-the- job (B) The generation equipment or circuits experience, or both, is familiar with the special present greater Electrical hazards than those posed by techniques and hazards involved in line-clearance tree the utilization equipment or circuits, such as exposure trimming. to higher voltages or lack of overcurrent protection.

10 Note 1: An employee who is regularly assigned to (b) Installations of communication equipment to a line-clearance tree-trimming crew and who is the extent that the work is regulated by the provisions undergoing on-the-job training and who, in the course of General Industry safety Standard Part 50 of such training, has demonstrated an ability to perform Telecommunications, as referenced in R duties safely at his or her level of training and who is (c) Installations in ships, watercraft, railway under the direct supervision of a line-clearance tree rolling stock, aircraft, or automotive vehicles other than trimmer is considered to be a line-clearance tree mobile homes and recreational vehicles.