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Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.187Live testing in a NERZ
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### sec.187 Live testing in a NERZ
An underground mine must have a standard operating procedure for live testing electrical equipment and installations in a NERZ.
The procedure must provide for the following—
limiting live testing to extra low voltage and low voltage electrical equipment and installations;
isolating areas where equipment is being live tested;
the type of test instruments to be used;
using high voltage test equipment and discharging stored energy after testing;
using personal protective equipment;
dealing with high prospective fault currents.
(sec.187-ssec.1) An underground mine must have a standard operating procedure for live testing electrical equipment and installations in a NERZ.
(sec.187-ssec.2) The procedure must provide for the following— limiting live testing to extra low voltage and low voltage electrical equipment and installations; isolating areas where equipment is being live tested; the type of test instruments to be used; using high voltage test equipment and discharging stored energy after testing; using personal protective equipment; dealing with high prospective fault currents.
- (a) limiting live testing to extra low voltage and low voltage electrical equipment and installations;
- (b) isolating areas where equipment is being live tested;
- (c) the type of test instruments to be used;
- (d) using high voltage test equipment and discharging stored energy after testing;
- (e) using personal protective equipment;
- (f) dealing with high prospective fault currents.