Section 408.14001. Scope.

(1) The provisions of these rules regulate electrical safety-related work practices for both qualified persons, that is, those who have training in avoiding the electrical hazards of working on or near exposed energized parts, and unqualified persons, that is, those who have little or no such training, who work on, near, or with any of the following installations:

(a)   Installations of electric conductors and equipment within or on buildings or other structures and on other premises such as yards, carnival, parking, and other lots, and industrial substations.

(b)   Installations of conductors that connect to the supply of electricity.

(c)   Installations of other outside conductors on the premises.

(d)   Installations of optical fiber cable where such installations are made together with electric conductors. See R 408.14002 for training requirements that apply to qualified and unqualified persons.

(2)   The provisions of these rules also regulate work that is performed by unqualified persons on, near, or with the installations listed in subrule (3)(a) to (d) of this rule.

(3)   The provisions of these rules do not apply to work that is performed by qualified persons on, or directly associated with, any of the following installations:

(a)      Installations for the generation, control, transformation, transmission, and distribution of electric energy, including communication and metering, that are located in buildings used for such purposes or located outdoors. Work on, or directly associated with, installations of utilization equipment that is used for a purpose other than generating, transmitting, or distributing electric energy, such as installations which are in office buildings, warehouses, garages, machine shops, or recreational buildings or which are other utilization installations that are not an integral part of a generating installation, substation, or control center, is regulated pursuant to the provisions of subrule (1)(a) of this rule. Work on, or directly associated with, generation, transmission, or distribution installations includes any of the following:

(i)    Work performed directly on such installations, such as repairing overhead or underground distribution lines or repairing a feed-water pump for the boiler in a generating plant.

(ii)    Work that is directly associated with such installations, such as line-clearance tree trimming and replacing utility poles. See the definition of “line-clearance tree trimming” in R 408.14001b.

(iii)    Work on electric utilization circuits in a generating plant provided if both of the following provisions apply:

(A)   Such circuits are commingled with installations of power generation equipment or circuits.

(B)    The generation equipment or circuits present greater electrical hazards than those posed by the utilization equipment or circuits, such as exposure to higher voltages or lack of overcurrent protection.

(b)   Installations of communication equipment to the extent that the work is regulated by the provisions of General Industry Safety Standard Part 50 “Telecommunications,” as referenced in R 408.14001a.

(c)    Installations in ships, watercraft, railway rolling stock, aircraft, or automotive vehicles other than mobile homes and recreational vehicles.

(d)    Installations of railways for the generation, transformation, transmission, or distribution of power that is used exclusively for operating rolling stock or installations of railways used exclusively for signaling and communication purposes.

(5)   For work on or directly associated with utilization installations, an employer who complies with the work practices of General Industry Safety Standard Part 86 “Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution,” as referenced in R 408.14001a, will be deemed to be in compliance with R 408.14005 and R 408.14009. However, the requirements of R 408.14002, R 408.14003, R 408.14004, and R 408.14007 apply to all work on or directly associated with utilization installations, regardless of whether the work is performed by qualified or unqualified persons.

History: 1992 AACS; 2015 AACS.