There is nothing written about this, but I'll have to ask why the work is being done hot, and if the work meets the OSHA exceptions (highly doubt).
thanks, but we do believe it meets the OSHA standards for hot work
All this hot work and required ppe and not permitted stuff has gotten a little out of hand imo. I understand that there needs to be a little oversight and all but if I can't take a recept out of the wall and clip a wire with my side cutters then maybe I am in the wrong trade. If it saves one life right? Well maybe I should just stay indoors and never leave my house because who knows?
By your logic I shoud be able to drive 80 mph to work in the morning because I think the 55 speed limit as unreasonable?
...Well maybe I should just stay indoors and never leave my house because who knows?
The OP is not talking about changing out a receptacle hot (not that that should be done either). He's talking about 480 volt hot work on an elevated platform.
There are very limited exceptions such as interruption of life safety means (I'm sure someone can quote the exact wording better than I) that allow you to work hot, I'd be curious what exception he is using.
By your logic I shoud be able to drive 80 mph to work in the morning because I think the 55 speed limit as unreasonable?
1910.333(a)(1)
"Deenergized parts." Live parts to which an employee may be exposed shall be deenergized before the employee works on or near them, unless the employer can demonstrate that deenergizing introduces additional or increased hazards or is infeasible due to equipment design or operational limitations. Live parts that operate at less than 50 volts to ground need not be deenergized if there will be no increased exposure to electrical burns or to explosion due to electric arcs.
Note 1: Examples of increased or additional hazards include interruption of life support equipment, deactivation of emergency alarm systems, shutdown of hazardous location ventilation equipment, or removal of illumination for an area.
Note 2: Examples of work that may be performed on or near energized circuit parts because of infeasibility due to equipment design or operational limitations include testing of electric circuits that can only be performed with the circuit energized and work on circuits that form an integral part of a continuous industrial process in a chemical plant that would otherwise need to be completely shut down in order to permit work on one circuit or piece of equipment.
Note 3: Work on or near deenergized parts is covered by paragraph (b) of this section.
Does anyone know the OSHA standard if working off a lift doing hot work. Looking for copy of actual standard/rules.
277/480v bus plugs done hot, and loads terminated.
as late as 1989, i was able to get the crane operator to give me
a ride up on the ball to the top of an 115' facility.
What about this part? Doesn't this give one legal license to do the work hot and osha says it's okay?1910.333(a)(1)
... Examples of work that may be performed on or near energized circuit parts because of infeasibility due to equipment design or operational limitations include testing of electric circuits that can only be performed with the circuit energized and work on circuits that form an integral part of a continuous industrial process in a chemical plant that would otherwise need to be completely shut down in order to permit work on one circuit or piece of equipment. ...
What about this part? Doesn't this give one legal license to do the work hot and osha says it's okay?
i'm not saying it's a good idea - just legal.
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It can in some cases.
But you should not be thinking how you would justify hot work to yourself but how you would justify if you found yourself sitting in front of a lawyer giving a desperation.
You would have to be able to show it was more dangerous to shut things down. That will be tough if someone was hurt doing the hot work.
..but we could shut it down for 72 hours - it was just a matter of a few hundreds of thousands of dollars...