AOC 15 user manual Electrical Safety, Weather Related Safety

3.0 Safety Guidelines 17

ground personnel. The area around the tower should also be roped off with appropriate warning signs indicating falling objects.

Finger rings should not be worn while climbing structures or vehicles, or while performing any task where the ring might be caught under or snagged by a projecting or moving item.

3.6Electrical Safety

WARNING

WHENEVER POSSIBLE, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE DE-ENERGIZED AND GROUNDED PRIOR TO SERVICING. CAUTION MUST BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THE DYNAMIC BRAKE AND THE POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CAPACITORS ARE DISCHARGED BEFORE SERVICING.

Electrical equipment should not be serviced while standing in water, on wet surfaces or during significant precipitation. Hands must be dry. Any electrical power supply to tools and conveniences should be grounded.

A shirt or jacket with full-length sleeves rolled down and buttoned up, as well as an electrical safety hat should be worn when working on or near live parts.

Loose, dangling metal chains, key chains, or conductive jewelry of any kind should not be worn while working on or near energized parts. Each employee should wear gloves suitable for the work. Rubber glove protectors should not be used as work gloves. Wristwatches with metal cases and watchbands should not be worn while working on or near energized equipment.

3.7Weather Related Safety

It is important to observe weather conditions and to take appropriate action when a weather related safety hazard arises. No service work should be performed in the presence or threat of lightning. Wet and/or ice laden towers should not be climbed, nor should electrical equipment be worked on during significant precipitation. Towers should not be climbed when average wind speeds approach 11 m/s (25 mph) or wind gusts exceed 13 m/s (29 mph).

NOTICE: Use of the material contained in this document is subject to the warning on page Iv and the disclaimer on page v of this document.

DOC012R02 AOC 15/50 User Manual Nov 2001