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// CODE SNIPPET

1910.269(q)(2) Installing and Removing Overhead Lines

OSHA 1910 General Industry > R Special Industries > 1910.269 Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution > 1910.269(q) Overhead Lines and Live-Line Barehand Work > 1910.269(q)(2) Installing and Removing Overhead Lines
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The following provisions apply to the installation and removal of overhead conductors or cable (overhead lines).

1910.269(q)(2)(i)

When lines that employees are installing or removing can contact energized parts, the employer shall use the tension-stringing method, barriers, or other equivalent measures to minimize the possibility that conductors and cables the employees are installing or removing will contact energized power lines or equipment.

1910.269(q)(2)(iii)

If the conductors that employees are installing or removing cross over energized conductors in excess of 600 volts and if the design of the circuitinterrupting devices protecting the lines so permits, the employer shall render inoperable the automatic-reclosing feature of these devices.

1910.269(q)(2)(iv)

Before employees install lines parallel to existing energized lines, the employer shall make a determination of the approximate voltage to be induced in the new lines, or work shall proceed on the assumption that the induced voltage is hazardous. Unless the employer can demonstrate that the lines that employees are installing are not subject to the induction of a hazardous voltage or unless the lines are treated as energized, temporary protective grounds shall be placed at such locations and arranged in such a manner that the employer can demonstrate will prevent exposure of each employee to hazardous differences in electric potential.

Note 1 to paragraph (q)(2)(iv): If the employer takes no precautions to protect employees from hazards associated with involuntary reactions from electric shock, a hazard exists if the induced voltage is sufficient to pass a current of 1 milliampere through a 500-ohm resistor. If the employer protects employees from injury due to involuntary reactions from electric shock, a hazard exists if the resultant current would be more than 6 milliamperes.

Note 2 to paragraph (q)(2)(iv): Appendix C to this section contains guidelines for protecting employees from hazardous differences in electric potential as required by this paragraph.

1910.269(q)(2)(ix)

The employer shall ensure that employees maintain reliable communications, through two-way radios or other equivalent means, between the reel tender and the pullingrig operator.

1910.269(q)(2)(v)

Reel-handling equipment, including pulling and tensioning devices, shall be in safe operating condition and shall be leveled and aligned.

1910.269(q)(2)(vi)

The employer shall ensure that employees do not exceed load ratings of stringing lines, pulling lines, conductor grips, load-bearing hardware and accessories, rigging, and hoists.

1910.269(q)(2)(vii)

The employer shall repair or replace defective pulling lines and accessories.

1910.269(q)(2)(viii)

The employer shall ensure that employees do not use conductor grips on wire rope unless the manufacturer specifically designed the grip for this application.

1910.269(q)(2)(x)

Employees may operate the pulling rig only when it is safe to do so.

Note to paragraph (q)(2)(x): Examples of unsafe conditions include: employees in locations prohibited by paragraph (q)(2)(xi) of this section, conductor and pulling line hang-ups, and slipping of the conductor grip.

1910.269(q)(2)(xi)

While a power-driven device is pulling the conductor or pulling line and the conductor or pulling line is in motion, the employer shall ensure that employees are not directly under overhead operations or on the crossarm, except as necessary for the employees to guide the stringing sock or board over or through the stringing sheave.

1910.269(q)(2)(ii)

For conductors, cables, and pulling and tensioning equipment, the employer shall provide the protective measures required by paragraph (p)(4)(iii) of this section when employees are installing or removing a conductor or cable close enough to energized conductors that any of the following failures could energize the pulling or tensioning equipment or the conductor or cable being installed or removed:

1910.269(q)(2)(ii)(A)

Failure of the pulling or tensioning equipment,

1910.269(q)(2)(ii)(B)

Failure of the conductor or cable being pulled, or

1910.269(q)(2)(ii)(C)

Failure of the previously installed lines or equipment.

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1910.269(q)(2) Special Industries, Installing and Removing Overhead Lines
The following provisions apply to the installation and removal of overhead conductors or cable (overhead lines ...
OSHA 1910 General Industry > R Special Industries > 1910.269 Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution > 1910.269(q) Overhead Lines and Live-Line Barehand Work > 1910.269(q)(2) Installing and Removing Overhead Lines
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Reel-handling equipment, including pulling and tensioning devices, shall be in safe operating condition and shall be leveled and aligned ...
OSHA 1910 General Industry > R Special Industries > 1910.269 Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution > 1910.269(q) Overhead Lines and Live-Line Barehand Work > 1910.269(q)(2) Installing and Removing Overhead Lines > 1910.269(q)(2)(v)
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