[email protected] wrote: > 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."
I still respectfully disagree. "The term public utility ... does *NOT* <my emphasis> extend to equipment installed in a subscriber facility" So my question is still, how is telco equipment exempted? > > 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." Still, I respectfully disagree. "located outdoors or in building spaces used exclusively for such installations." I.e. those "installations" outdoors. So, again, my question is how does this apply to a CO office? A CO is not a building space used exclusively for the control of communication equipment located outdoors. There's plenty of equipment within a CO that controls equipment within the CO. ************************************************************ ------------------------------------------------------------ The comments and opinions stated herein are mine alone, and do not reflect those of my employer. ------------------------------------------------------------ ************************************************************
