Jim, This is an area that I've had some recent experience with, except that the test equipment in question was for wire-harness assembly testing.
The obligation to ensure that only marked equipment is used in the workplace falls squarely on the shoulders of the employer through the General Duty clause of the OSHA and 29 CFR 1910.3XX regulations. If you need chapter and verse I can supply you with the details from the OSHA and the NEC. The NEC calls out the requirement for the use of "approved, recognized, listed or certified" electrical equipment to be used. They offer up the options so that a local Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) can inspect and locally approve a piece of equipment for use. Recognition, listing or certification must be carried out by an NRTL. Unlike the Canadian market where the laws require that products bear electrical safety marks before they are displayed, marketed or used, you can buy anything in the US. Caveat Emptor. The quickest way to solve this issue for small amounts of equipment is to have them Field Evaluated by an accredited Inspection Body. The downside to this is that you will likely end up footing the bill for any necessary changes, unless you can get the manufacturer to assist. The long-term fix is for buyers of equipment to make the presence of electrical safety marks a mandatory requirement on their purchase orders. On Jan 3, 2008, at 11:03, Lyons, Jim wrote: > It is my understanding that OSHA requires an NRTL approval on any > electrical test equipment used in the workplace in the United States. > However, much of the EMC test equipment that I have seen has only a CE > Marking, and no NRTL Marking. > > Can someone on this list can offer some insight on this? > > Thanks, > > Jim Lyons > Manager - Product Compliance > GTECH Corp. > > > > ----------------------------------------- > This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the > sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, retention, > distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you > are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the > recipient), please contact the sender by reply email and delete all > copies of this message. Also, email is susceptible to data > corruption, interception, tampering, unauthorized amendment and > viruses. We only send and receive emails on the basis that we are > not liable for any such corruption, interception, tampering, > amendment or viruses or any consequence thereof. > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society > emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > > To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] > > Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html > > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > Scott Douglas [email protected] > Mike Cantwell [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > David Heald: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc -- Doug Nix, A.Sc.T. IEEE PSES Kitchener-Waterloo Section, Ontario, Canada [email protected] mobile (519) 729-5704 fax (519) 653-1318 Find me LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougnix - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
