45.1-161.196 - Repairs to circuits and electric equipment. - Virginia Statutes

§ 45.1-161.196. Repairs to circuits and electric equipment.

No electrical work shall be performed on low-voltage, medium-voltage, orhigh-voltage distribution circuits or equipment, except by a certified personor by a person trained to perform electrical work and to maintain electricalequipment under the direct supervision of a certified person. Allhigh-voltage circuits shall be grounded before repair work is performed.Disconnecting devices shall be locked out and suitably tagged by the personswho perform electrical or mechanical work on such circuits or equipmentconnected to the circuits, except that in cases where locking out is notpossible, such devices shall be opened and suitably tagged by such persons.Locks and tags shall be removed only by the persons who installed them or, ifsuch persons are unavailable, by certified persons authorized by the operatoror his agent. However, miners may, where necessary, repair energized trolleywires if they wear insulated shoes and lineman's gloves. This section doesnot prohibit certified electrical repairmen from making checks on ortroubleshooting energized circuits or the performance of repairs ormaintenance on equipment by authorized persons once the power is off and theequipment is blocked against motion, except where motion is necessary to makeadjustments.

(Code 1950, §§ 45-82, 45-82.1; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-78; 1993,c. 442; 1994, c. 28; 1996, c. 774; 1999, c. 256.)