On Feb 6, 2:21pm, Doug McKean wrote: > Subject: Re: OSHA-29 CFR 1910 Subpart S > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > Keep in mind that the Phone Company has long been exempt from many > > regulations. > > This includes FCC Part 15 as well as the OSHA. The Phone Companies > > themselves > > require that all equipment to be used in the CO or customer Premise be > > listed > > with a NRTL. On the EMC side they require a wider range of emissions tests > > as > > well as several immunity tests. These regulations are found in GR-1089 and > > GR-63. It seems that back in the MA Bell days they were able to convince > > the > > Agencies that the Phone Company was better left self regulated. > > > > Tom Whissel > > Senior Compliance Engineer > > Cabletron Systems, Inc. > > Well, first, you'll have to point me exactly where in > Part 15 telephone equipment is exempted. >
How about 15.103 (b): "A digital device used exclusively as an electronic control or power system utilized by a public utility or in an industrial plant. The term public utility includes equipment only to the extent that it is in a dedicated building or large room owned or leased by the utility and does not extend to equipment installed in a subscriber facility." > It's debatable that the telephone 'company' is exempt from > OSHA since public mains power comes into the COs for other > types of equipment, to include some telephonic equipment > that uses 120vac. I was specifically referring to only > tleco equipment that used the 48vdc rails. > Doesn't seem debatable at all. See 29 CFR 1910.302 (a) (2) (iv) : "Provisions of ... [the safety regulations] do not cover installations of communication equipment under the exclusive control of communication utilities, located outdoors or in buulding spaces used exclusively for such installations." Contractual requirements or marketing necessities are a whole different thing, but Central Office equipment has few LEGAL requirements in the US. -- Mike Donnelly [email protected] WD7M Standard disclaimer: These are my own words, not the Company's.
