Section 410 IAC 6-7.2-24 - Electrical safetyAuthority: IC 16-19-3-4
Affected: IC 16-19-3
Sec. 24.
(a) Wiring, lighting, and electrical receptacles shall be installed and maintained in a safe condition.(b) Fifteen (15) and twenty (20) ampere, one hundred twenty-five (125) volt receptacles in sanitary facilities, bathrooms, garages, or maintenance buildings or located outside of buildings shall be equipped with ground-fault circuit interrupter protection.(c) Electrical receptacles shall have wiring and circuit breakers or fuses sized to conform to the amperage of the receptacles they supply.(d) Electrical switches, circuit breakers, receptacles, control equipment, and metering devices located in wet places or outside of a building shall be weatherproof.(e) Splices to electrical wires at accessible locations shall be made utilizing approved junction boxes.(f) In areas subject to vehicle movement, service drop conductors of not over six hundred (600) volts nominal, shall be at least eighteen (18) feet above the ground surface. In other areas, the minimum clearance shall be ten (10) feet above the ground surface.(g) Electrical equipment and conductors shall not be attached to trees.(h) Electrical receptacles shall be grounded and shall not have an open neutral, open hot conductor, or reverse polarity.(i) Loose electrical equipment shall be secured. Face plates and panel fronts shall be in place to prevent accidental contact. Indiana State Department of Health; 410 IAC 6-7.2-24; filed Jun 27, 2002, 1:30 p.m.: 25 IR 3752; readopted filed Jul 14, 2008, 2:14 p.m.: 20080806-IR-410080322RFAReadopted filed 9/10/2014, 2:08 p.m.: 20141008-IR-410140299RFAReadopted filed 9/10/2020, 2:11 p.m.: 20201007-IR-410200404RFA