SubChapter B. ELECTRIC SAFETY  


Section 39.51. Definitions
Section 39.52. Penalty
Section 39.61. Applicability
Section 39.62. Scope
Section 39.63. Modification or waiver of provisions
Section 39.64. Time for compliance
Section 39.65. Ground conductor
Section 39.66. Nature of ground connection
Section 39.67. Attachment of ground conductor
Section 39.68. Methods of ground connection
Section 39.69. Ground resistance
Section 39.70. Joint use of grounds and ground conductors for different systems
Section 39.81. Applicability
Section 39.82. Scope
Section 39.83. Modification or waiver of provisions
Section 39.84. Time for compliance
Section 39.85. General requirements
Section 39.86. Illumination
Section 39.87. Enclosing walls and ceilings
Section 39.88. Floors, floor openings, passageways, stairs
Section 39.89. Exits
Section 39.90. Fire fighting appliances
Section 39.101. General requirement
Section 39.102. Inspections
Section 39.103. Protective grounding
Section 39.104. Working space about electrical equipment
Section 39.105. Guarding live parts
Section 39.106. Isolating live parts by elevation
Section 39.107. Identification
Section 39.111. Speed control and stopping devices
Section 39.112. Protecting shaft ends, pulleys, belts, and other moving parts
Section 39.113. Guards for live parts
Section 39.114. Hazardous locations
Section 39.115. Grounding noncurrent-carrying parts
Section 39.116. Deteriorating agencies
Section 39.121. Applicability
Section 39.122. Isolation
Section 39.123. Ventilation
Section 39.124. Suitable supports and floors
Section 39.125. Guarding live parts in battery room
Section 39.126. Illumination
Section 39.127. Acid-resisting coverings
Section 39.131. Current transformers secondary circuits
Section 39.132. Grounding low voltage circuits of instrument transformers
Section 39.133. Grounding transformer cases
Section 39.134. Transformers
Section 39.141. Electrical protection from conductors
Section 39.142. Mechanical and thermal protection
Section 39.143. Isolation by elevation
Section 39.144. Guarding conductors
Section 39.145. Guarding in hazardous locations
Section 39.146. Pendants and portables
Section 39.147. Temporary wiring
Section 39.148. Taping ends and joints
Section 39.151. Accessible and indicating
Section 39.152. Hazardous locations
Section 39.153. Required placement of switches
Section 39.154. Switches or other grounding devices
Section 39.155. Character of switches and disconnectors
Section 39.156. Cut-outs
Section 39.157. Disconnecting of fusible cut-outs before handling
Section 39.158. Arcing or suddenly moving parts
Section 39.159. Grounding noncurrent-carrying metal parts
Section 39.160. Guarding live parts of switches and automatic cut-outs not installed on switchboards
Section 39.171. Accessibility and convenient attendance
Section 39.172. Location and illumination
Section 39.173. Necessary equipment
Section 39.174. Arrangement and identification
Section 39.175. Spacings and barriers against short circuit
Section 39.176. Grounding
Section 39.177. Guarding live parts
Section 39.181. Location
Section 39.182. Provisions for disconnecting
Section 39.183. Ground wires
Section 39.184. Grounding frames
Section 39.185. Guarding live parts
Section 39.186. Utilization installations
Section 39.191. Applicability
Section 39.192. Scope
Section 39.193. Modification or waiver of provisions
Section 39.194. Time for compliance
Section 39.195. General requirements
Section 39.196. Inspections and repairs
Section 39.197. Grounding
Section 39.198. Working space about electrical equipment
Section 39.199. Guarding or isolating live parts
Section 39.200. Hazardous locations
Section 39.201. Storage batteries, transformers, and lightning arresters
Section 39.202. Identification
Section 39.211. Electrical protection
Section 39.212. Mechanical and thermal protection
Section 39.213. Isolating or guarding
Section 39.214. Guarding conductors
Section 39.215. Guarding in damp or hazardous locations
Section 39.216. Precautions to avoid excessive inductance and eddy currents
Section 39.217. Pendants and portables
Section 39.218. Taping ends and joints
Section 39.219. Grounding or isolating service conduits
Section 39.220. Temporary wiring
Section 39.231. Accessible and indicating
Section 39.232. Hazardous locations
Section 39.233. Where switches are required
Section 39.234. Character of switches and disconnectors
Section 39.235. Disconnection of fusible cut-outs before handling
Section 39.236. Arcing or suddenly moving parts
Section 39.237. Grounding noncurrent-carrying metal parts
Section 39.238. Guarding live parts of switches and automatic cut-outs
Section 39.241. Accessibility and convenient attendance
Section 39.242. Location
Section 39.243. Arrangement and identification
Section 39.244. Spacing and barriers against short circuit
Section 39.245. Grounding frames
Section 39.246. Guarding current-carrying parts
Section 39.251. Control devices
Section 39.252. Hazardous locations
Section 39.253. Deteriorating agencies
Section 39.254. Guards for live parts
Section 39.255. Protecting moving parts
Section 39.261. Protection from burns
Section 39.262. Grounding
Section 39.263. Guarding live parts
Section 39.271. Grounding
Section 39.272. Insulation
Section 39.273. Exposed live parts
Section 39.274. Accessibility and guarding of signs
Section 39.275. Control of outdoor signs
Section 39.276. Connectors for signs
Section 39.277. Isolated or guarding lamps in series circuits
Section 39.278. Safe access to arc lamps
Section 39.281. Insulation
Section 39.282. Grounding
Section 39.283. Cable connectors
Section 39.284. Identified conductors, cords, and connectors
Section 39.285. Use of portables and pendants
Section 39.291. Guarding live and moving parts
Section 39.292. Grounding noncurrent-carrying parts
Section 39.293. Control of energy supply to cars and cranes
Section 39.294. Control of movement of cars, cranes, and elevators
Section 39.295. Subway and car lighting
Section 39.301. Guarding noncurrent-carrying parts
Section 39.302. Guarding current-carrying parts
Section 39.303. Protection against induced voltages
Section 39.304. Grounding of arresters for signaling systems
Section 39.311. Interpretation and enforcement of rules
Section 39.312. Organization diagram
Section 39.313. Address list and emergency
Section 39.314. Instructing employes
Section 39.315. Qualifications of employes
Section 39.316. Chief operator
Section 39.317. Responsibility
Section 39.321. Attendance
Section 39.322. Requirement for two workmen
Section 39.323. Uninstructed workmen and visitors
Section 39.324. Diagrams for chief operator
Section 39.325. Instructions to employes
Section 39.326. Protective devices
Section 39.327. Warning and danger signs
Section 39.331. Rules and emergency method
Section 39.332. Heeding warnings, warning others
Section 39.333. Inexperienced or unfit employes
Section 39.334. Supervision of workmen
Section 39.335. Exercising care
Section 39.336. Live and arcing parts
Section 39.337. Safety appliances and suitable clothing
Section 39.338. Safe supports and safety belts
Section 39.339. Fire extinguishers
Section 39.340. Repeating messages
Section 39.351. Duties of chief operator
Section 39.352. Duties of foreman
Section 39.353. Special authorization
Section 39.354. Restoring service after work
Section 39.355. Maintaining service
Section 39.356. Tagging electrical supply circuits
Section 39.357. Protecting traffic
Section 39.358. Protecting workmen by disconnectors
Section 39.361. Definitions
Section 39.362. General provisions
Section 39.363. General requirements
Section 39.364. Voltages between 750 and 7500
Section 39.365. Voltages above 7500
Section 39.366. Requirement for two workmen
Section 39.367. When to kill parts
Section 39.368. Operating switches and working from below
Section 39.369. Attaching connecting wires and grounds
Section 39.370. Handling series circuits
Section 39.371. Stringing wires
Section 39.381. General provisions
Section 39.382. Workman’s request
Section 39.383. Opening disconnectors and tagging
Section 39.384. Station protective grounds
Section 39.385. Permission to work
Section 39.386. Protective grounds of workmen for overhead lines
Section 39.387. Proceeding with work
Section 39.388. Procedure for other gangs
Section 39.389. Reporting clear-transferring responsibility
Section 39.390. Removal of tags
Section 39.391. Restoring service
Section 39.401. General provisions
Section 39.402. Ground connections
Section 39.403. Test of circuit
Section 39.404. Completing grounds
Section 39.405. Removing grounds
Section 39.411. General provisions
Section 39.412. Care about machines
Section 39.413. Care about live or moving parts
Section 39.414. Handling fuses or brushes
Section 39.415. Battery rooms
Section 39.416. Working in elevated positions
Section 39.417. Handling switchboard equipment
Section 39.418. Reporting circuit trouble to chief operator
Section 39.419. Reporting defects
Section 39.421. General provisions
Section 39.422. Testing structures before climbing
Section 39.423. Use of pole steps
Section 39.424. Spurs
Section 39.425. Care about live parts
Section 39.426. Touching live parts
Section 39.427. Protecting traffic
Section 39.428. Stringing wires
Section 39.429. Reporting defects
Section 39.431. General provisions
Section 39.432. Guarding manholes, handholes, and street openings
Section 39.433. Testing for gas
Section 39.434. Watchman on surface at manholes
Section 39.435. Avoiding flames
Section 39.436. Pulling cables
Section 39.437. Testing and splicing live cable
Section 39.438. Reporting defects
Section 39.441. General provisions
Section 39.442. Precaution on series circuits
Section 39.443. Handling series lamps
Section 39.444. Bridging series lamps
Section 39.445. Testing series lamp circuits
Section 39.446. Periodically disconnected circuits
Section 39.447. Reporting defects
Section 39.451. General provisions
Section 39.452. Taped joints
Section 39.453. Care about live parts
Section 39.454. Opening circuits at switches
Section 39.455. Current transformer secondaries
Section 39.456. Special tools
Section 39.457. Reporting defects
Section 39.461. General requirements
Section 39.462. Authorization for work
Section 39.463. Checking of conditions
Section 39.464. Foreman
Section 39.465. Warnings and barriers
Section 39.466. Requirement for two workmen
Section 39.467. Reporting defects
Section 39.471. General requirements
Section 39.472. Live electrical parts
Section 39.473. Standing on ground
Section 39.474. Carrying tools
Section 39.475. Handling and repairing live parts
Section 39.476. Handling portable devices
Section 39.477. Fuses and switches
Section 39.478. Injuring cables and wires
Section 39.479. Temporary wiring
Section 39.480. General precautions
Section 39.481. Reporting dangerous conditions
Section 39.491. General requirements
Section 39.492. Official in charge of operations
Section 39.493. Precautions before climbing poles
Section 39.494. Approaching supply lines
Section 39.495. Touching equipment
Section 39.496. Stringing wires
Section 39.497. Reporting dangerous conditions
Section 39.501. General requirements
Section 39.511. Distribution and enforcement of rules
Section 39.512. Address list and emergency rules
Section 39.513. Instructing employes
Section 39.514. Qualifications of employes
Section 39.515. Protective devices
Section 39.521. Heeding warnings, warning others
Section 39.522. Inexperienced or unfit employes
Section 39.523. Electrical supply equipment or lines
Section 39.524. Safe supports and safety belts
Section 39.525. Duties of foreman
Section 39.526. Handling live parts
Section 39.527. Power circuits in central offices
Section 39.528. Handling fuses or brushes
Section 39.529. Battery room
Section 39.531. Testing structures before climbing
Section 39.532. Use of pole steps
Section 39.533. Spurs
Section 39.534. Approaching supply line
Section 39.535. Touching equipment
Section 39.536. Care about electrical supply lines
Section 39.537. Stringing wires
Section 39.538. Protecting traffic
Section 39.539. Reporting dangerous conditions
Section 39.541. Guarding manholes, handholes, and street openings
Section 39.542. Testing for gas
Section 39.543. Watchman on surface at manholes
Section 39.544. Avoiding flames
Section 39.545. Pulling cables
Section 39.546. Reporting dangerous conditions

Notation

Authority

   The provisions of this Subchapter B issued under act of April 27, 1927 (P. L. 465, No. 299) (35 P. S. § §  1221—1235.1), unless otherwise noted.

Source

   The provisions of this Subchapter B adopted July 1, 1917; amended through January 1, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

Cross References

   This Subchapter cited in 34 Pa. Code §  7.34 (relating to lighting and electric wiring); 34 Pa. Code §  7.145 (relating to pipes and wiring); 34 Pa. Code §  7.185 (relating to pipes and wiring); 34 Pa. Code §  7.261 (relating to electric wiring); 34 Pa. Code §  13.26 (relating to electrical equipment); 34 Pa. Code §  35.111 (relating to general requirements); 34 Pa. Code §  39.26 (relating to electrical hazards); 34 Pa. Code §  39.30 (relating to dusts, gases, and volitile liquids); and 34 Pa. Code §  43.1 (relating to definitions).