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30 CFR 57.12020: Protection of persons at switchgear.

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  1. Title 30—Mineral Resources
  2. CHAPTER I—MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
  3. SUBCHAPTER K—METAL AND NONMETAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
  4. PART 57—SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS—UNDERGROUND METAL AND NONMETAL MINES
  5. Subpart K—Electricity

Dry wooden platforms, insulating mats, or other electrically-nonconductive material shall be kept in place at all switchboards and power-control switches where shock hazards exist. However, metal plates on which a person normally would stand and which are kept at the same potential as the grounded, metal, non-current-carrying parts of the power switches to be operated may be used.

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