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<\/p>\nLately I\u2019ve been battling with various groups on campus as to when my staff is allowed to work \u201cin the ceiling\u201d.<\/p>\n
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If you are like me, and installing digital systems across your campus, you now may have several new appliances \u201cabove grid\u201d that may need attention once in a while, and projectors themselves need constant attention.<\/p>\n
When a lamp blows, or when there is \u201can issue\u201d (and our troubleshooting leads us to believe it\u2019s something at the projector), the common request is \u201cplease fix it quickly\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 Lately, I\u2019ve been loathe to do that, mostly because of my concern with messing with the tiles, or \u201cceiling features\u201d (like projectors) while the room is occupied. \u00a0\u00a0Something falls out of the ceiling, even just dirt, and it lands on a student\u2026<\/p>\n
The digital relays in the ceiling add a new dimension to this set up as well.<\/p>\n
So I reached out to OSHA for a statement on room work while the room is occupied:<\/p>\n
Work \u201coverhead\u201d in occupied rooms require all occupants to where safety glasses and hard hats.<\/p>\n[now, this begs the question on what technically constitutes \u2018work\u2019]\n
Anything that involves the ceiling grid. \u00a0\u00a0They were more vague on whether or not projectors themselves, transversing the grid, are truly \u201cceiling features\u201d and thereby in the same definition requiring hats and goggles\u2026 but the ladder issue was very clear:<\/p>\n
All moveable room features in a radius of the height of the ladder and its occupant should be cleared.<\/p>\n
6 foot ladder, with a person working on a 9 foot ceiling means I\u2019m drawing an 18\u2019 circle in the room, with the ladder in the middle, and everyone (desks too) should be clear.<\/p>\n
This really reinforces the notion that ceiling work SHOULD NOT BE PERFORMED while class is in session.<\/p>\n
One last note:<\/p>\n
Many of you might have gotten hit by a fire code violation going around lately, related to your projectors:<\/p>\n
NYS Fire code enforcement has been writing up violations of NEC code 400.8 \u201cFlexible cords and cables shall not run through a wall or ceiling\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 [\u2018flexible cords or cables\u2019, in this context under this heading, refers to cables carrying power only.<\/p>\n
Firecode thinks our AC cords fall under UL62, the designation of the cords for the 400.8 code.\u00a0\u00a0 This is stuff like flex cord for duplexes, or fixture wire used with lighting.\u00a0\u00a0 Many code officials are mistakenly applying this to our AC cord<\/p>\n
AC cord falls under UL 8.17.\u00a0\u00a0 Cord sets and power supply cords.\u00a0\u00a0 Defined as a single use power supply used with one piece of equipment.\u00a0\u00a0 This cable CAN transverse grid without issue.\u00a0 This was confirmed by a firecode instructor that several of my campus electricians visited during their usual code classes.<\/p>\n
\u2026but good luck trying to fight the fire code guys on that.<\/p>\n
Either way, DO NOT get stuck doing 125 change orders like we did\u2026only to find out they weren\u2019t technically necessary.\u00a0\u00a0 Be sure to state this clearly if you receive a campus-wide write up on it.<\/p>\n
In partnership,<\/p>\n
Drew Tucci<\/p>\n
Binghamton University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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