Section 39.536. Care about electrical supply lines

(a) Employes shall ascertain the voltage of all wires before going among them.

(b) Leaning over and crowding through unprotected supply wires should be avoided if possible. Employes shall place themselves so that they do not fall on supply wires if an accident occurs.

(c) Employes shall not depend on the insulating covering of wires, and shall treat all lines as alive unless they have been killed properly, except signal lines known to be clear.

(d) Employes shall treat as alive wires, unless thoroughly grounded, which are being strung near supply lines and regard them as being of the same voltage as the supply lines.

(e) Employes shall avoid use of handlines or measure tapes containing metal strands.

(f) When necessary to work in the vicinity of supply lines, transformers, and similar equipment, employes shall insure before starting work, that the position of the body is such that if they momentarily forget themselves or fall, no portion of the body may come in contact with the foreign wires or equipment. Employes shall have the supply lines approached killed if possible.

(g) Railway span wires, pull offs and trolley brackets shall be treated as if alive, even though equipped with strain or other insulators.

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Cross References

This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 39.501 (relating to general requirements).