§ 11-35-4.1 - Installation of live wires or electrical equipment. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 11-35-4.1

   § 11-35-4.1  Installation of live wires orelectrical equipment. – (a) Whoever being engaged in the business of transmitting electricity orinstalling or repairing live wires or electrical equipment knowingly permits ajourneyperson line worker, while on a pole or structure, to work on live wiresin excess of seven hundred and fifty (750) volts to ground unless he or she isassisted on or at the base of each pole or structure by a journeyperson lineworker, a second year apprentice, or a line worker having a title commonlyaccepted as the equivalent of the foregoing, shall be punished by a fine of notmore than one hundred dollars ($100).

   (b) Each violation of this section shall be a separateoffense.

   (c) This section shall not apply to work done by any personwho is commonly called a troubleshooter, who would be employed in theperformance of making emergency repairs, locating electrical faults, clearingdefective apparatus, and answering service calls.