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Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.112Live testing electrical equipment
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### sec.112 Live testing electrical equipment
A surface mine must have a standard operating procedure for live testing electrical equipment at the mine.
The procedure must—
state—
what equipment may be live tested; and
what instruments may be used for the testing; and
provide for the following—
isolating areas where equipment is being live tested or test run;
using personal protective equipment;
using high voltage test equipment and discharging stored energy after the test;
dealing with high prospective fault currents;
other precautions to be taken for live testing.
(sec.112-ssec.1) A surface mine must have a standard operating procedure for live testing electrical equipment at the mine.
(sec.112-ssec.2) The procedure must— state— what equipment may be live tested; and what instruments may be used for the testing; and provide for the following— isolating areas where equipment is being live tested or test run; using personal protective equipment; using high voltage test equipment and discharging stored energy after the test; dealing with high prospective fault currents; other precautions to be taken for live testing.
- (a) state— (i) what equipment may be live tested; and (ii) what instruments may be used for the testing; and
- (i) what equipment may be live tested; and
- (ii) what instruments may be used for the testing; and
- (b) provide for the following— (i) isolating areas where equipment is being live tested or test run; (ii) using personal protective equipment; (iii) using high voltage test equipment and discharging stored energy after the test; (iv) dealing with high prospective fault currents; (v) other precautions to be taken for live testing.
- (i) isolating areas where equipment is being live tested or test run;
- (ii) using personal protective equipment;
- (iii) using high voltage test equipment and discharging stored energy after the test;
- (iv) dealing with high prospective fault currents;
- (v) other precautions to be taken for live testing.
- (i) what equipment may be live tested; and
- (ii) what instruments may be used for the testing; and
- (i) isolating areas where equipment is being live tested or test run;
- (ii) using personal protective equipment;
- (iii) using high voltage test equipment and discharging stored energy after the test;
- (iv) dealing with high prospective fault currents;
- (v) other precautions to be taken for live testing.