Jim: In United States the Federal Law, 29 CFR, Part 1910.399 and OSHA Regulations states that "equipment is acceptable if it is listed by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL)"
Use of equipment in a work place which is not approved by a NRTL is a violation of Federal Law. See http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&; p_id=9976 Samuel Lifshutz Manager QA MRV Communications Inc. 20520 Nordhoff Street Chatsworth, CA 91311, USA (818) 772-6235 x265 (818) 772-0576 [email protected] Registered by QMI to ISO 9001:2000 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lyons, Jim Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 8:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Test Equipment NRTL Approval 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 - 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
