---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 150.615"
title: "33"
number: "150.615"
heading: "What safe practices are required?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/150.615"
---

# §150.615. What safe practices are required?

- (a) The deepwater port operator must ensure that before personnel begin work that might expose them to an electrical charge, they turn off the electricity, unless doing so is not feasible.
- (b) The deepwater port operator must ensure that personnel turning off equipment pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section follow the lockout or tagging procedures specified in [29 CFR 1910.147](/cfr/29/1910.147.md), and in §§ [150.616](/cfr/33/150.616.md) and [150.617](/cfr/33/150.617.md) of this part.
- (c) The deepwater port operator must ensure that, to prevent electrical shock, personnel receive training in electrical, safety-related work practices in the area of the work they perform, including the use of electrical personal protective equipment appropriate to protect against potential electrical hazards.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39183, July 1, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5), (j)(6), (m)(2), 1509(a); 46 U.S.C. 70034; E.O. 12777, sec. 2; E.O. 13286, sec. 34, 68 FR 10619; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39183, July 1, 2013]