Having worked for an NRTL in the past and with a few manufacturers, I can attest to Dave’s comment. Generally, the manufacturer is responsible for the field inspection of the equipment. Several of the major NRTL’s in the US have a program in place for this process.
Josh Joshua Wiseman Systems Engineering Staff Engineer, Product Safety/EMC Ortho Clinical Diagnostics [cid:[email protected]] From: David Nyffenegger <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 2:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Mandatory certification EXTERNAL SENDER: Verify links, attachments and sender before taking action Or typically the government organization, the AHJ, simply accepts the field inspection label applied by NRTL or other recognized entity. The owner/operator of the product is ultimately responsible for the inspection. I’ve never known a government organization to hire a NRTL for field inspection, unless of course the product in question is owned/operated by said government organization (which is not unusual.) In my experience as a manufacturer we will often provide for a field inspection/label of un-listed product as part of the sales agreement to the customer. -Dave On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 1:59 PM Richard Nute <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi Regan: While field inspection is not part of OSHA's NRTL program, OSHA rules allow another government (federal, state, local) organization to determine compliance with the NEC. See: https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.399<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.osha.gov%2Flaws-regs%2Fregulations%2Fstandardnumber%2F1910%2F1910.399&data=02%7C01%7Cjoshua.wiseman%40orthoclinicaldiagnostics.com%7C8668e0b13c4f42da736508d7b63d9a82%7C6e63ffc0c2fc4cc4b6c4666b2ce89d92%7C0%7C0%7C637178248016629385&sdata=kuLUWTjisKkboRzoqx0iZoHihhn8rabSIStZbu8CwgA%3D&reserved=0> I would guess that such a government organization (not the manufacturer) would hire a NRTL to do a field inspection. Best regards, Rich From: Regan Arndt <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 10:46 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PSES] [EXTERNAL] Re: [PSES] Mandatory certification Hello Dave/Bernd. Just a comment/clarification. The field inspection/label program is not part of OSHA's NRTL program despite some NRTL's that conducted this service. I know it can seem confusing but there are also some non-NRTL's that conduct these field evaluations, all of which are under state jurisdiction. Some may think they are abiding by OSHA rules with obtaining a field evaluation by an NRTL. That is not the case. Regan - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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