§ 30-3-401 — Electric installations and equipment

Wyoming § 30-3-401

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 30: Mines and Minerals
• Ch. 3: MINING SAFETY
• Art. 4: ELECTRICAL SAFETY

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(a) The inspector shall adopt rules for electrical
installation and equipment safety requirements for mines. The
rules shall establish:
(i) Placement and other safety requirements for high
potential power lines;
(ii) Placement, housing, cooling, encasing and other
access restrictions for transformers;
(iii) Mounting requirements for pull switches,
circuit breakers and other power controls and requirements for
entrances, illumination and clearances for switchboards;
(iv) Standards for the installation and support of
power lines and cables, including track used as a power
conductor, trolley wires and feeder wires. The rules shall
require that, where practicable, power be disconnected during
repair work and shall include required protective clothing and
equipment for persons repairing power lines and cables, and
trolley wire and feeder wire;
(v) Installation requirements and load restrictions
for signal wires;
(vi) Standards for the use of electrical equipment
and testing standards at specific areas of the mine, including
areas containing specified levels of methane or other explosive
gases.