SAFETY PROGRAM

(1)Each utility shall adopt and execute a safety program, fitted to the size and type of its operations. At a minimum, the safety program should:#

(a)Require employees to use suitable tools and equipment in order that they may perform their work in a safe manner;#

(b)Instruct employees in safe methods of performing their work;#

(c)Instruct employees, who in the course of their work are subject to the hazard of electrical shock, asphyxiation or drowning, in accepted methods of artificial respiration.#

Authority and Administrative HistoryAuthority: T.C.A. § 65-2-102. Administrative History: Original rule certified May 9, 1974. Administrative changes made to this chapter on April 27, 2018 pursuant to Public Chapter 94 of 2017; “Tennessee Regulatory Authority” references were changed to “Tennessee Public Utility Commission,” “Authority” references were changed to “Commission,” “Authority Director” references were changed to “Commissioner,” and “Chief” references were changed to “Director.”#