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Aerial device
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Any piece of equipment utilizing a bucket or platform to place the workers at an elevated worksite.
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Aerial tent
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A small tent usually constructed a vinyl coated canvas which is usually supported by light metal or plastic tubing. It is designed to protect employees and inclement weather while working on ladders, aerial splicing platforms, or aerial devices.
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American National standard Institute
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Approved
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The term approved when used in connection with methods, tools or equipment, refers to the methods, tools or equipment approved by the department through committee, departmental action or in a safety rule.
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Attendant
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An employee assigned to remain immediately outside the entrance to an enclosed or other space to render assistance as needed to employees inside the space.
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Authorized person
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One who has the authority to perform specific duties under certain conditions or who is carrying out orders from responsible authority.
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Automatic circuit recloser
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A self-control device for interrupting and re-closing an alternating current circuit with predetermined sequence of opening and reclosing followed by a resetting hold closed or lockout operation.
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Barrier
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A physical obstruction which is intended to prevent contact with energized lines or equipment or to prevent unauthorized access to a work area.
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Barricade
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A physical obstruction such as tapes, screens, cones or a frame type of wood or metal structure intended to warn and limit access to a hazardous area.
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Benching
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A method of protecting employees from cave-ins by excavating the site of an excavation to form one or a series of horizontal levels or steps, usually with vertical or near vertical surfaces between levels.
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Body (safety) belt
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A strap that both secures around the waist and attaches to a lanyard lifeline or strap.
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Body harness
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Straps that are secured about an employee in a manner that distributes the arresting forces over at least the thighs, shoulders, and pelvis with provisions for attaching a lanyard, lifeline, or deceleration device
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Bond
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An electrical connection from one conductive element to another for the purpose of minimizing potential differences, providing suitable conductivity for fault currents or for reducing leakage current and electrolytic action.
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Bus
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A conductor or a group of conductors that serve as a common connection for two or more circuits
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Bushing
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An insulating structure, including a through conductor or providing a passageway for such a conductor with provisions for mounting on a barrier, conducting or otherwise, for the purpose of insulating the conductor from the barrier and conducting current from one side of the barrier to the other.
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Cable
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A conductor with insulation or a stranded conductor with or without insulation and other coverings(single conductor cable) or a combination of conductors insulated from one another (multiple conductor cable)
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Cable sheath
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A conductive protective covering applied to cables (may consist of multiple layers, one or more of which is conductive).
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Circuit
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A conductor or system of conductors through which an electric current is intended to flow.
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Clearance(For work)
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(For work) authorization to perform specified work or permission to enter a restricted area
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Clearance (between objects)
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the clear distance between two objects measured surface to surface
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Competent person
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One who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings, or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to the employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them.
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Conductor
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A material, usually in the form of a wire, cable, or bus bar suitable for carrying electric current.
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Confined space
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An enclosed space that is large enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter and perform assigned work; has limited or restricted means for entry or exit is not designed for continuous employee occupancy; and as one or more of the following characteristics: contains or has a known potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere, as the internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by a floor that slopes downward and tapers to a smaller cross-section, or contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard
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Contractor
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Organization contracted by utility to perform work on utility property.
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Dead
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When the word "dead" is used in connection with wires or equipment that are a part of the electrical system, it shall be taken to mean disconnected from any electrical source of supply and properly tagged, shorted and grounded.
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De-energized
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Disconnected from any electrical source of supply. The term "de-energized" shall differ from the term "dead" in that it shall not imply grounding or tagging.
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Department
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City of Longmont electric department.
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Disconnected
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Means disconnected from any electrical source of supply.
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Dispatcher
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A person designated by the employer as having the authority over switching and clearances of high voltage lines and station equipment.
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Effectively grounded
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Intentionally connected to birth through a ground connection or connections of sufficiently low impedance and having sufficient current carrying capacity to prevent the buildup of voltages which may result in undue hazard to connected equipment or to persons.
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Electric line truck
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A truck used to transport personnel, tools, and material for electric supply line work.
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Emergency
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An emergency occurs when an unusual condition exists and endangers life and or property.
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Employee
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In the broad sense, any person employed by or representing the utility. In general usage a person employed by the city of Longmont and below the level of supervisor or foreman
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Employer
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The city of Longmont
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Enclosed space
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A working space such as a manhole, vault, tunnel, or shaft that has a limited means of egress or entry, it is designed for periodic employee entry under normal operating conditions, and that under normal conditions does not contain a hazardous atmosphere but may contain a hazardous atmosphere under abnormal conditions.
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Enclosure
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Surrounded by a case, Cage, or fence, which will protect the contained equipment and prevent accidental contact of a person with life parts.
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Energized (live)
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Electrically connected to a source of potential difference or electric Lee charged so as to have a potential different from that of the earth were different from that of adjacent conductors or equipment.
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Energy isolating device
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A physical device that prevents the transmission or release of energy, including, but not limited to, the following: a manually operated electric circuit breaker, a disconnect switch, a manually operated switch, a slide gate, a slip blind, a line valve, blocks and any other similar device with a visible indication of the position of the device (pushbuttons, selector switches, and other control circuit type devices are not energy isolating devices).
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Energy source
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Any electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, nuclear, thermal or other energy source that could cause injury to personnel
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Equipment (electric)
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A general term including material, fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures, apparatuses and the like used as part of or in connection with an electrical installation.
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Excavations
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the word "excavations" shall be used to indicate any opening made in the ground, street or sidewalk in connection with lpc work, such as holes, trenches, ditches or tunnels
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Exposed
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(A.) expose circuits or lines means in such a position that in case of failure of supports or insulation, contact with another circuit or line may result. (B.) exposed equipment means an object or device that can be inadvertently touched or approached nearer than a safe distance by any person. As applied to objects not suitably guarded or situated. Not isolated or guarded.
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Fall arrest system:(Fall from one level to another)
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The assemblage of equipment such as line workers body belt or full body harness in conjunction with a deceleration device and an anchorage to limit the forces a worker experiences during a fall from one elevation to another
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Fall prevention system
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(Prevents falls from one level to another) a system intended to prevent a worker from falling from one elevation to another. Such systems include positioning devices, guard rail, Barry or, and restraint systems
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Fall protection system (hardware)
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Consists of either a fall prevention system or a fall arrest system.
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Fiber optics
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Study and techniques of light and image transmission via flexible fibers.
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Flares
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The word "flares" shall be used to indicate flares, torches, fuses, red lanterns, reflectors, or any other equipment that is adaptable for the purpose intended.
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Freefall
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The act of falling before the personal fall protection system begins to arrest the fall.
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Governmental
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Any type of political agency having control over a certain activity. Included are federal, state, county, township, city, etc.
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Ground (noun)
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The term needs a conductive connection whether intentional or accidental, by which an electric circuit or equipment is connected to reference ground.
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Ground (reference)
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The term means that conductive body, usually earth, to which I electric potential is referenced
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Ground (verb)
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The term means the connecting or establishment of a connection, whether by intention or accident, of an electric circuit or equipment to reference ground.
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Grounding electrode
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A conductor embedded in the earth, used for maintaining ground potential of conductors connected to it, and dissipating into the Earth current conducted to it.
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Grounded system
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A system of conductors in which at least one conductor or point (usually the middle wire or neutral point transformer or generator windings) is intentionally grounded, either solidly or through a current limiting device (not a current interrupting device).
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Guarded
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Protected by personnel, covered, fenced, enclosed by means of suitable casings, barrier rails, screens, mats, platforms, or other suitable devices in accordance with standard barricading techniques designed to prevent dangerous approach or contact by persons or objects. (Note: wires, which are insulated but not otherwise protected, are not considered as guarded)
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Hazardous atmosphere
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an atmosphere that may expose employees to the risk of death, incapacitation, impairment of ability to self rescue (escape unaided from enclosed space), injury or a cute illness from one or more of the following causes: flammable gas vapor are missed in excess of 10% of its lower flammable limit.
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Hazard communications program
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Utility developed program to ensure that information concerning hazardous chemicals is transmitted to employees through the use of warnings, procedures, MSDS sheets, and employee training.
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Hazardous material (substances)
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Any substance that is a physical hazard or a health hazard. A substance is a physical hazard when there is scientifically valid evidence that it is a combustible liquid, a compressed gas, explosive, flammable, and organic peroxide, and oxidizer, unstable, or water reactive. The substance is a health hazard when it is determined to be a carcinogen a toxic or highly toxic agent, a reproductive toxin, corrosive, sensitizer, or an agent that damages the lungs, skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.
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Highly hazardous chemical
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A substance possessing toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive properties that are listed in OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910. 119.
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High voltage test
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Tests in which voltages of approximately 1000 V are used as a practical minimum and in which the voltage source has sufficient energy to cause injury
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High wind
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A wind of such velocity that an employee would be exposed to being blown from elevated locations, an employee or material handling equipment could lose control of material being handled, or an employee could be exposed to the hazards not controlled by the standard involved. Winds exceeding 40 mph or winds exceeding 30 mph if material handling is involved are considered to be high winds unless precautions are taken to protect employees from the hazardous effects of the wind.
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Hold cards
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Also called hold tags, a card or tag type device, usually having a predominant color of white or red which warns against or which cautions against the operation of a particular switch, device, circuit, tool, machine, etc. the use of such tags must be respected; equipment or items so tagged must not be activated or used without full and proper authority from a responsible person.
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Hotline tools and ropes
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Those tools and ropes, which are specially designed for work on, energized high-voltage lines and equipment. Insulated aerial equipment is specially designed for work on energized high-voltage lines and equipment shall be considered Hotline.
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Hot work permit
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A permit to do work that may result in temperatures or sparks capable of supporting ignition of flammable or combustible materials.
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Immediately dangerous to life or health
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Any condition that poses an immediate or delayed threat to life that would cause irreversible adverse health effects or that would interfere with an individual's ability to escape unaided from a permit space.
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Insulated
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Separated from other conducting surfaces by a dielectric substance or airspace, permanently offering a high resistance to the passage of current and to disruptive discharge through the substance or space.
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Isolated
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An object that is not readily accessible to persons unless special means of access are used.
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Jobsite
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The assembly point at the structure or equipment where the workers, tools, and vehicles are assembled to perform the work.
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Joint use
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The sharing of a common facility such as a manhole, trench or poll, by two or more different kinds of utilities (e.g., power and telecommunications).
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Lanyard (strap)
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A flexible line used to secure a body built or body harness to a lifeline or directly to a point of Anchorage.
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Laser
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An acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
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Lifeline
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A line provided for direct or indirect attachment to a worker's body belt, body harness, lanyard, or deceleration device. Such lifelines may be horizontal or vertical in application.
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Line clearance tree trimmer
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An employee who, through related training or on-the-job experience for both, is familiar with the special techniques and hazards involved in line clearance.
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Line clearance tree trimming
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The pruning, trimming, repairing, maintaining, removing or clearing of trees or the cutting of brush that is within 10 feet of electric supply lines and equipment.
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Line crew supervisor
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Is used in a general sense to indicate any person, regardless of classification, who is directly in charge of a specific job, or specific jobs.
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Line worker
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A person authorized to inspect, service, repair or otherwise be in contact with energized distribution equipment.
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Live
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Electric Lee connected to a source of potential difference or electrically charged so as to have the potential is significantly different from that of the Earth in the vicinity. The term live is sometimes used in place of the term current carrying, where the intent is clear to avoid repetition of the longer-term.
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Manhole
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A subsurface enclosure, which personnel may enter and which is used for the purpose of installing, operating, and maintaining equipment and or cable.
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Manhole opening
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An opening through which persons may enter into a confined or restricted space.
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Material safety data sheet
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A document provided by manufacturers and importers of chemicals to convey information to the users of their products. The information includes data on physical characteristics, fire and explosion hazards, reactivity, and health hazards; special precautions and fire and spill procedures.
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Microwave transmission
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The act of communicating or signaling, utilizing a frequency between 1 GHz and 300 GHz inclusively.
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Minimum working distance
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The minimum distance from any uninsulated portion of the body or any extension thereof, to any energized component.
Phase to phase minimum approach distance 50 -- 1000 V avoid contact 2.1 -- 15 KV 2 feet -- 6 feet 115 KV 4 feet -- 6 feet |
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Near miss
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An unintended, unplanned, and unexpected events that could have, but did not result in personal injury or property damage.
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PCBs
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A hazardous nonconductive and non-combustible liquid used in some transformers and capacitors. It has several trade names. Pyranol, askeral etc.
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Physically render inoperative
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The use of locks, blind flanges, or other similar devices or procedures to prevent the operation of switches, breakers, valves, and operating controls.
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Primary compartment
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A compartment containing voltages greater than 600 V.
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Primary voltage
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Any electrical circuit, which normally operates at more than 600 volts.
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Protected system
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A method of protecting employees from cave-ins, from material that could fall or roll from an excavation face or into an excavation, or from the collapse of adjacent structures. Protective systems include support systems, sloping invention systems, shield systems, and other systems that provide the necessary protection.
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Qualified person (for electric power, generation, transmission, and distribution):
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One knowledgeable in the construction and operation of the electric power generation, transmission, and distribution equipment involved, along with the associated hazards. Qualified employees shall be trained and competent in: the skills and techniques necessary to distinguish exposed life parts from other parts of electrical equipment. The skills and techniques necessary to determine the nominal voltage of exposed life parts. The minimum approach distances corresponding to the bolt urges of which the qualified employee will be exposed. The proper use of precautionary techniques, personal protective equipment, insulating and shielding materials, and insulated tools for working on or near exposed energized parts of electric equipment. An employee who is undergoing on-the-job training and who, in the course of that training has demonstrated an ability to perform duties safely at his or her level of training and who is under the direct supervision of a qualified employee is considered to be a qualified employee for the performances of those duties. An employee undergoing on-the-job training must meet the full requirements for fall protection.
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Reaching distance
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Includes the employees reach is extended by handling material or other equipment.
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Road
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The paved or unpaved surface of a roadway upon which vehicles are intended to travel. When the road is paved, the entire surface is thus included
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Roadway
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The road in the areas immediately adjacent thereto, such as the shoulder of the road, parking strip, etc. this area normally extends approximately 15 feet from the road.
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Rope grab
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A device that attaches to a lifeline as an anchoring point to provide a means of arresting a fall.
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Safety can
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an approved closed container of not more than 5 gallon capacity having a flash arresting screen, spring closing lid, and spout cover and design so that it will safely relieve internal pressure when subjected to a fire.
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Safety rule
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A positive rule requiring compliance by all employees concerned. Deviation from safety rules is not permitted and is subject to disciplinary action.
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Secondary compartment
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A compartment containing voltages less than 600 V.
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Secondary voltage
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Any electrical circuit that normally operates at less than 600 V.
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Shall
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When the word shall appear is in the wording of a rule the rule is to be obeyed as written.
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Shield (shield system)
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A structure that is able to withstand the forces imposed on it by a cave-in and thereby protects employees within the structure. Shield structures can be permanent or portable and moved along as work progresses.
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Shoring (shoring system)
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A structure such as a metal hydraulic, mechanical, or timber shoring system that supports the sides of an excavation and which is designed to prevent cave-ins.
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Should
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When the word should appear is in the wording of a rule the rule is to be obeyed as written when it is reasonable or practical to do so.
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Sloping (sloping system)
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A method of protecting employees from cave-ins by excavating to form sides of an excavation that are inclined away from the excavation site is to provide cave-ins. The angle of incline required to prevent a cave-in varies with differences in such factors as the soil type, environmental conditions of exposure, and application of surcharge loads.
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Switch
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A device for opening and closing or changing the connection of a circuit. In these rules, the switch is understood to be manually operable, unless otherwise stated.
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System operator
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Person designated by the electric department as having authority over switching and clearances of distribution lines and station equipment.
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Tail board conference
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A short informal discussion of the work to be accomplished in the safety measures to be incorporated. Normally conducted by the foreman.
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Telecommunications center
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An installation of communication equipment under the exclusive control of an organization providing telecommunication service, that is located outdoors or in a vault, chamber, or a building space used primarily for such installations.
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Telecommunications service
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The furnishing of a capability to signal or communicate at a distance by means such as telephone, telegraph, community and tenant television, or similar system, using wire, conventional cable, coaxial cable, wave guides microwave transmission, or other similar means.
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Underground distribution (URD)
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A general term, which covers the necessary facilities to furnish underground service generally to residential and "commercial type" customers.
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Unsafe conditions
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This is used to indicate dangerous conditions, hazardous conditions, defective conditions, or unusual conditions which could be conducive to accidents.
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Utility
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The employer. The entity having jurisdiction and control over the operation of the utility (including such entities as municipal utilities, electrical cooperatives, etc.).
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Vault
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An enclosure above or below ground which personnel may enter and is used for the purpose of installing, operating, and or maintaining equipment and/or cable.
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Vented vault
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A vault that has provision for air changes using exhaust flue stacks and low-level air intakes operating on differentials of pressure and temperature providing for airflow which precludes a hazardous atmosphere from developing
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Voltage
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The effective (RMS) potential difference between any two conductors or between a conductor and ground. The voltage specified in this manual shall mean the maximum effective voltage to which the personnel are protective equipment may be subjected.
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Voltage of an effectively grounded circuit
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The term means the voltage between any conductor and ground unless otherwise indicated.
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Warning signs
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For the purpose of these rules, a warning sign is any sign or similar means of employee a public notification alerting an employee to an actual or possible hazard. Included are "danger" signs, caution signs, traffic protection signs, instructional signs and informational signs.
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