More digging . . . Perhaps this is it:
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=21319
Then:
1926.550(a)(1)
The employer shall comply with the manufacturer's specifications and limitations applicable to the operation of any and all cranes and derricks...
I did some OSHA and Google searching also. I didn't come across any OSHA regs requiring testing after an accidental overload. Even the companies who sell crane overload protection don't list OSHA requirements to push their products. This leads me to think that there may not be any . . ...
I just got off the phone with an Inspector at our local OSHA office. He states that the doors leading to the MCC room DO NOT NEED TO BE LOCKED, as long as there are no exposed live parts and all enclosures are metal-clad and their doors/covers are locked closed. He defined "locked" as...
Thanks to Zogzog, this is what I found:
1910.303(h)(2)(ii)
Installations accessible to unqualified persons. Electrical installations that are open to unqualified persons shall be made with metal-enclosed equipment or shall be enclosed in a vault or in an area, access to which is controlled by a...
Our production line runs 24/7/365 but I do not schedule my E&I guys for nights, only day shift. The major concern about locking the doors is that when an E&I guy gets called in at 2AM for a trouble-call, he will be working alone in the MCC room behind locked doors. This situation is of great...
Hello all, I'm new here.
I have a somewhat heated situation where one supervisor insists that all MCC (motor control center) room doors must be locked at all times. Can anyone share some light on this subject? Does OSHA require that MCC doors be locked at all times?
Here are the details...
