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NL · Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (workplace standards) · Article 490 · clause 490 · NLR 5/12

PART XXVI ELECTRICAL OPERATIONS — Isolation and lockout

490

(1) High voltage electrical equipment shall, where practicable, be completely isolated, grounded and locked out where required by these regulations before work is started on it.

490(2)

Where it is not practicable to completely isolate high voltage electrical equipment an employer shall conduct a formal hazard assessment and develop an electrical safety program that includes

490(a)

written safe work procedures;

490(b)

the number of qualified persons required to be present while the work is being done; and

490(c)

providing appropriate electrical protective equipment, including rubber blankets, hoses, hoods, gloves and live line tools that shall be selected, used, stored, tested and maintained in accordance with a standard acceptable to the minister.

490(3)

A worker shall not work on an energized electrical conductor or equipment, unless procedures satisfactory to the minister are used and the worker is provided with and trained in the use of special tools, approved for use by an authority acceptable to the minister.

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