(a) Application. This section applies to:
(1) Power generation, transmission, and
distribution installations, including, but not limited to, related equipment
for the purpose of communication or metering, which are accessible only to
qualified employees.
The types of installations covered by this section
include the generation, transmission, and distribution installations of
electric utilities, as well as equivalent installations of industrial
establishments. Supplementary electric generating equipment that is used to
supply a workplace for emergency, standby, or similar purposes only is covered
under other parts of these Orders.
(2) Other installations at an electric power
generating station, as follows:
a. Fuel and
ash handling and processing installations, such as coal conveyors,
b. Water and steam installations, such as
penstocks, pipelines, and tanks, providing a source of energy for electric
generators, and
c. Chlorine and
hydrogen systems.
(3)
Test sites where electrical testing involving temporary measurements associated
with electric power generation, transmission, and distribution is performed in
laboratories, in the field, in substations, and on lines, as opposed to
metering, relaying, and routine line work.
(4) Work on, or directly associated with, the
installations covered in subsections (a)(1) through (a)(3) and
(5) Line-clearance tree-trimming operations.
NOTE: See High-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders,
Article 38, for additional requirements for line-clearance tree-trimming
operations.
(b)
This Section
2320.10 does not apply to:
(1) Construction work.
(2) Electrical installations other than power
generation, transmission and distribution.
(3) Electric utilization systems.
(4) Premises wiring.
(c) The employer shall provide medical
services and first aid as required in General Industry Safety Orders, Section
3400. In addition to the
requirements of Section
3400, the following requirements
also apply:
(1) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
and first aid training. When employees are performing work on or associated
with exposed lines or equipment energized at 50 volts or more, persons trained
in first aid including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) shall be available
as follows:
a. For field work involving two
or more employees at a work location, at least two trained persons shall be
available.
EXCEPTION: Only one trained person need be available if
all new employees are trained in first aid, including CPR, within 3 months of
their hiring dates.
b. For
fixed work locations such as generating stations, the number of trained persons
available shall be sufficient to ensure that each employee exposed to electric
shock can be reached within 4 minutes by a trained person.
EXCEPTION: Where the existing number of employees is
insufficient to meet this requirement (at a remote substation, for example),
all employees at the work location shall be trained.
(2) First aid supplies. First aid supplies
required by Section
3400(c) shall be
placed in weatherproof containers if the supplies could be exposed to the
weather.
(3) First aid kits. Each
first aid kit shall be maintained, shall be readily available for use, and
shall be inspected frequently enough to ensure that expended items are replaced
but at least once per year.
Notes
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 8, §
2320.10
1. New
section filed 10-27-2011; operative 10-27-2011. Submitted to OAL for printing
only pursuant to Labor Code section
142.3 (Register
2011, No. 43).
2. Amendment of section heading and section filed
9-5-2012; operative 10-5-2012 (Register 2012, No.
36).
Note: Authority cited: Section
142.3, Labor
Code. Reference: Section
142.3, Labor
Code.
1. New section
filed 10-27-2011; operative 10-27-2011. Submitted to OAL for printing only
pursuant to Labor Code section
142.3 (Register
2011, No. 43).
2. Amendment of section heading and section filed
9-5-2012; operative 10-5-2012 (Register 2012, No.
36).