Bill Text: NY A01162 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to employee safety when working on or near low voltage lines, circuits or equipment

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-23 - enacting clause stricken [A01162 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A01162-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1162
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEMINERIO  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Labor
       AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to employee safety when work-
         ing on or near low voltage lines, circuits or equipment
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The labor law is amended by adding a new section 207-b to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 207-B. EMPLOYEE SAFETY IN WORKING ON  OR  NEAR  LOW  VOLTAGE  LINES,
    4  CIRCUITS  OR  EQUIPMENT. 1. THE EMPLOYER SHALL INSURE THAT EACH EMPLOYEE
    5  WORKING ON OR NEAR ANY ELECTRICAL LINE, CIRCUIT, FIXTURE OR EQUIPMENT IS
    6  EQUIPPED WITH AND USES UNITED STATES  OCCUPATIONAL,  SAFETY  AND  HEALTH
    7  ADMINISTRATION  (OSHA)  COMPLIANT  INSULATED TOOLS. SUCH COMPLIANT TOOLS
    8  SHALL BE USED WHENEVER THE LINE, CIRCUIT, FIXTURE  OR  EQUIPMENT  HAS  A
    9  VOLTAGE  DIFFERENTIAL IN EXCESS OF FIFTY VOLTS FOR QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS
   10  AND A DIFFERENTIAL IN EXCESS OF ZERO VOLTS  FOR  NON-QUALIFIED  INDIVID-
   11  UALS.
   12    2.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM WORK SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT
   13  BE LIMITED TO THE ERECTION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION OR INSTAL-
   14  LATION OF SUCH  ENERGIZED  CONDUCTORS,  LINES,  EQUIPMENT,  FIXTURES  OR
   15  CIRCUITS IN BOTH EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
   16    3.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, A QUALIFIED WORKER IS ONE WHO HAS
   17  PASSED ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE ELECTRICAL TRADE STANDARDS TO BE ADMITTED
   18  TO THE TRADE AS A JOURNEYMAN.
   19    4. NO PROVISION IN THIS SECTION SHALL PREVENT OR PROHIBIT  ANY  APPRO-
   20  PRIATE  ADMINISTRATIVE  OR RULEMAKING BODY FROM MAKING OR ISSUING APPRO-
   21  PRIATE RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING EMPLOYEE OR WORKER SAFETY IN THE
   22  WORK TO BE PERFORMED ON OR NEAR ENERGIZED CONDUCTORS, LINES,  EQUIPMENT,
   23  FIXTURES, CIRCUITS OR MACHINES.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01873-01-9