COLORADO STATEWIDE SAFETY MANUAL

COLORADO STATEWIDE

SAFETY MANUAL

Amended

November 1, 2020

Table of Contents

Section 1.0 - General Rules ........................................................................................................... 6

1.1 Statement ............................................................................................................................................ 6

1.2 Responsibilities ................................................................................................................................... 6

1.3 Mandatory Rules ................................................................................................................................ 7

1.4 Accident Reporting ............................................................................................................................. 7

1.5 Conduct ............................................................................................................................................... 7

1.6 Housekeeping ..................................................................................................................................... 8

1.7 Job Briefing And Teamwork ............................................................................................................. 9

1.8 Traffic Control, Barricading, And Public Protection ....................................................................... 9

1.9 Fire Extinguishers And Fire Protection ......................................................................................... 10

1.10 Compressed Air Tools and Equipment .......................................................................................... 12

1.11 Scaffolds ......................................................................................................................................... 13

1.12 Ladders ........................................................................................................................................... 13

1.13 Night Work ..................................................................................................................................... 15

1.14 Working Near or Over Water ........................................................................................................ 15

1.15 Safety Rules for Fiber Optics ......................................................................................................... 15

Section 2.0 - Training / Voltage Recognition ............................................................................. 17

2.1 Training ............................................................................................................................................ 17

2.2 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation And First Aid Training ............................................................... 18

2.3 Training For Enclosed Spaces ........................................................................................................ 18

2.4 Additional Training .......................................................................................................................... 18

2.5 Qualified Observer Use and Duties ................................................................................................. 19

Section 3.0 - Distribution Equipment & Approach Distances ................................................... 20

3.1 Overhead Equipment & Working Distances ................................................................................... 20

3.2 Rubber Gloving ................................................................................................................................ 20

3.3 Capacitors ......................................................................................................................................... 22

3.4 Overhead Lines................................................................................................................................. 23

3.5 Stringing or Removing De-energized Conductors .......................................................................... 24

3.6 Stringing Adjacent to Energized Lines............................................................................................ 25

3.7 Transmission .................................................................................................................................... 26

3.8 Underground .................................................................................................................................... 27

3.9 Substations........................................................................................................................................ 30

3.10 Cadwelding ..................................................................................................................................... 31

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Section 4.0 - Lockout / Tagout..................................................................................................... 32

4.1 General ............................................................................................................................................. 32

4.2 High Voltage Lockout/Tagout ......................................................................................................... 32

4.3 Equipment and Machinery Lockout/tagout Procedures ................................................................ 33

Section 5.0 - Grounding ............................................................................................................... 35

5.1 Grounding for The Protection of Employees (Personal Grounds) ................................................ 35

5.2 System Ground ................................................................................................................................. 36

5.3 Grounding Vehicle Frames ............................................................................................................. 36

5.4 Communications Conductors .......................................................................................................... 36

Section 6.0 - Fall Protection ........................................................................................................ 37

6.1 Fall Protection Guidelines ............................................................................................................... 37

Section 7.0 - Personal Protective Equipment.............................................................................. 38

7.1 Clothing ............................................................................................................................................ 38

7.2 Eye Protection .................................................................................................................................. 39

7.3 Head Protection ................................................................................................................................ 40

7.4 Lineman¡¯s Climbing Equipment ..................................................................................................... 40

7.5 Breathing Protection ........................................................................................................................ 41

7.6 Protective Creams............................................................................................................................. 41

7.7 Employees Exposed to Vehicular Traffic ........................................................................................ 41

7.8 Ear Protection .................................................................................................................................. 41

7.9 Personal Contact with PCB ............................................................................................................. 42

7.10 Tree Trimming ............................................................................................................................... 42

7.11 Lineman¡¯s Rubber Gloves.............................................................................................................. 42

Section 8.0 - Excavation, Shoring & Trenching ........................................................................ 45

8.1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................. 45

Section 9.0 - Confined Spaces ..................................................................................................... 47

9.1 How to Identify Confined Spaces .................................................................................................... 47

9.2 Responsibilities ................................................................................................................................. 48

9.3 Requirements .................................................................................................................................... 51

9.4 Tools and Materials.......................................................................................................................... 51

9.5 Hot Materials .................................................................................................................................... 51

9.6 Atmospheric Testing......................................................................................................................... 52

9.7 Training ............................................................................................................................................ 52

Section 10.0 - Hazardous Material .............................................................................................. 53

10.1 SDS ................................................................................................................................................. 53

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Section 11.0 - Motor Vehicle Equipment .................................................................................... 54

11.1 Motor Vehicle Operation ............................................................................................................... 54

Section 12.0 - Aerial Equipment ................................................................................................. 56

12.1 Aerial Lifts ...................................................................................................................................... 56

12.2 General Use of Aerial Lifts ............................................................................................................ 57

Section 13.0 - Procedures for Helicopter Work .......................................................................... 60

13.1 Safety .............................................................................................................................................. 60

13.2 Equipment and Tools ..................................................................................................................... 61

13.3 Receiving Loads While Working Aloft .......................................................................................... 62

13.4 Cargo Loading and Handling ........................................................................................................ 63

13.5 Helicopter Skid and Tower Aerial Hover Transfer ...................................................................... 64

13.6 Working from the Helicopter Skid ................................................................................................ 65

13.7 Helicopter Rules for Human External Cargo (HEC) ................................................................... 65

Section 14.0 - First Aid and Emergency Procedures.................................................................. 74

14.1 First Aid and Emergency Procedures ........................................................................................... 74

Section 15.0 - Tools ...................................................................................................................... 75

15.1 General ........................................................................................................................................... 75

15.2 Live Line Tools ............................................................................................................................... 77

15.3 Using Live Line Tools .................................................................................................................... 78

15.4 Inspections and Tests for Live Line Tools .................................................................................... 78

15.5 Hand Lines ..................................................................................................................................... 78

Section 16.0 - Welding, Burning and Cutting Operations ......................................................... 80

16.1 General ........................................................................................................................................... 80

16.2 Compressed Gas Cylinders ............................................................................................................ 80

16.3 Electric Arc Welding ...................................................................................................................... 81

16.4 Burning and Cutting Operations ................................................................................................... 81

Section 17.0 - Rigging .................................................................................................................. 83

17.1 Rigging Equipment ........................................................................................................................ 83

17.2 Signals ............................................................................................................................................ 83

17.3 Handling Poles ............................................................................................................................... 83

17.4 Transformers .................................................................................................................................. 84

17.5 Cross Arms ..................................................................................................................................... 85

17.6 Insulators ........................................................................................................................................ 85

17.7 Wire ................................................................................................................................................. 85

17.8 Unloading ....................................................................................................................................... 85

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17.9 Attaching the Load ......................................................................................................................... 85

Section 18.0 - Material, Handling, Storage and Equipment ...................................................... 86

18.1 Material Handling .......................................................................................................................... 86

18.2 Storage ............................................................................................................................................ 87

Section 19.0 - Live Line - Bare-Hand Work ............................................................................... 88

19.1 Prior to Performing Work .............................................................................................................. 88

19.2 Minimum Approach Distances ...................................................................................................... 89

19.3 Material and Equipment ................................................................................................................ 89

19.4 Work Rules ..................................................................................................................................... 89

19.5 Working Clearances: ..................................................................................................................... 90

19.6 Wood Poles ..................................................................................................................................... 90

19.7 Safe Working Load of Buckets ...................................................................................................... 90

19.8 Hand Lines ..................................................................................................................................... 90

19.9 Securing the Ladder ....................................................................................................................... 90

19.10 Conductive Clothing..................................................................................................................... 91

19.11 Safety Belts and Lanyards: .......................................................................................................... 91

19.12 Supporting Conductor with Aerial Device (Tangent structures only) ....................................... 91

19.13 Insulator Testing .......................................................................................................................... 91

19.14 Bonding ........................................................................................................................................ 91

19.15 Insulated Ladders ......................................................................................................................... 91

19.16 Nonconductive Rope: ................................................................................................................... 92

Section 20.0 - Directional Boring ................................................................................................ 95

20.1 Pre-job ............................................................................................................................................ 95

20.2 Excavations .................................................................................................................................... 96

20.3 Obstructions.................................................................................................................................... 96

20.4 Grounding ...................................................................................................................................... 96

Section 21.0 - Fusion Fitting ....................................................................................................... 96

21.1 General Rules and Definitions ...................................................................................................... 96

21.2 Personal Protective Equipment ..................................................................................................... 98

21.3 Fusion Process ............................................................................................................................... 98

21.4 Purging and Cleaning .................................................................................................................... 99

21.5 Electrical Work............................................................................................................................... 99

21.6 Operator Qualification ................................................................................................................. 100

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