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Can you summarize MGL Chapter 149, Section 129C?
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES > Installation or repair of live electric wires or electrical equipment; assistance; safety equipment; penalty
Short Summary
This section of the Massachusetts General Law governs the installation or repair of live electric wires or electrical equipment. It applies to individuals or businesses engaged in the business of transmitting electricity or installing or repairing live wires or electrical equipment. The section prohibits the permitting of a journeyman or first class lineman to work on live wires in excess of seven hundred and fifty volts to ground without assistance from a qualified lineman or apprentice. It also prohibits personnel from working on live wires or electrical equipment in excess of fifteen thousand volts phase-to-phase or eight thousand five hundred volts phase-to-ground directly with rubber gloves or without insulated hot line tools. Violations of this section are subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars per violation. However, the section does not apply to work done by a troubleman for emergency repairs, locating electrical faults, clearing defective apparatus, or answering service calls.
Whom does it apply to?
Individuals or businesses engaged in the business of transmitting electricity or installing or repairing live wires or electrical equipment
What does it govern?
Installation or repair of live electric wires or electrical equipment
What are exemptions?
Work done by a troubleman for emergency repairs, locating electrical faults, clearing defective apparatus, or answering service calls
What are the Penalties?
A fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each violation
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts