When the electrical line or installation is in the low-voltage B (LVB), high-voltage A (HVB) or high-voltage B (HVB) areas, the line or installation is kept out of reach by placing effective, firmly fixed obstacles in front of the bare live conductors or parts, and in front of the neutral. If this measure cannot be envisaged, the work area must be delimited in every possible way by highly visible signs,…
When earthworks, excavations, drillings or recesses are to be carried out in the vicinity of underground electrical conduits of any class, the route of the conduits and the location of the installations must be marked out in a highly visible manner using signs, banners, pennants, paint or any other device or equivalent means. This marking must take account of the information gathered in application of articles R. 4534-110 to R….
When earthmoving, transport, lifting or handling equipment must be used or moved in the vicinity of an electricity line, installation or pipeline of any class, and the operator, for a reason he considers imperative, considers that he cannot de-energise this line, installation or pipeline, the locations to be occupied and the routes to be followed by this equipment shall be chosen, as far as possible, in such a way as…
In the event of disagreement between the employer and the operator, either as to whether it is possible to de-energise the installation or, if de-energisation is recognised to be impossible, as to the measures to be taken to ensure the protection of workers, disputes shall be referred by the employer to the Labour Inspector, who shall settle the dispute, in agreement, where appropriate, with the department responsible for supervising the…
In application of the provisions of this sub-section and prior to the start of the work, the employer: 1° Shall have the necessary protective devices installed; 2° Shall inform the workers, by means of written instructions, of the protective measures to be implemented when the work is carried out.
The provisions of this sub-section apply when work is carried out inside premises containing only low voltage A (LVA) electrical lines or installations within the meaning of Article R. 4534-107.
Where, in the course of carrying out the work, there is a risk of workers coming directly or indirectly into contact either with a live conductor or live conductive part which is bare or insufficiently insulated, or with a metal mass which may be accidentally energised, the work shall not be carried out until the line or installation has been de-energised. With the exception of cases where the work is…
If the line or installation is to be de-energised, the employer must ask the operator or user of the line or installation to de-energise it or obtain permission from him to do so himself. The employer: 1° Does not order work to begin until he has checked that de-energising has taken place; 2° Signs de-energising in a visible manner; 3° Protects himself against the unexpected re-energising of the power supply…
When the work is carried out while the line or installation is live, the parts of the line or installation likely to cause dangerous contact must be kept out of reach: 1° Either by placing effective, firmly fixed obstacles; 2° Or by having or carrying out effective insulation by covering bare or insufficiently insulated live conductors and parts or parts likely to be brought into contact with them.
The provisions of article R. 4534-129 do not prevent the implementation, in agreement with the user, of any other protective measure appropriate to each case under consideration, such as isolating workers by means of clothing, gloves, headgear or insulating floors. The employer shall issue instructions to inform the workers concerned of the safety measures implemented.
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