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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