Fax cover sheet from J.C. Broderick & Associates, Oct 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

• Electrical equipment and lines should be considered energized unless tested and determined otherwise.

• Energized parts must be insulated or guarded from employee contact and any other conductive object.

• Extension cords used with portable electrical tools and appliances must be the three- wire grounded type and connected to a GFI (Ground Fault Interrupter) circuit.

• Extension cords: - Should be protected from accidental damage.

- Should not be fastened with staples, hung from nails, or suspended by wire (tape is an acceptable alternative).

• Portable electrical hand tools should meet the following requirements:

- Should be equipped with a 3-wire cord having a ground wire permanent fixed to the tool frame; or

- Should be of double-insulated type and labeled as such.

• For circuits over 600 volts, if electrical disconnects are not visible and open or locked out, the following requirements should be met:

- Circuits to be de-energized are clearly identified and isolated from all energy sources.

- - Notification received from a designated employee that all switches and disconnectors that could supply energy have been de-energized, locked out, and plainly tagged to show men at work.

- Visual inspections and tests made to assure de-energizing of lines and equipment.

- Protective grounds applied to disconnected lines or equipment.

- Separate tag and lockout attached for each crew requiring de-energizing of same line or equipment.

o Tags and lockouts should not be removed from completed work until designated employees report that all crew members are clear and protective grounds they installed have been removed.

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