[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR111.05-3]

[Page 216]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 111--ELECTRIC SYSTEMS--GENERAL REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart 111.05--Equipment Ground, Ground Detection, and Grounded Systems
 
Sec. 111.05-3  Design, construction, and installation; general.

    (a) An electric apparatus must be designed, constructed, and 
installed to prevent any person from accidentally contacting energized 
parts.
    (b) Exposed, noncurrent-carrying metal parts of fixed equipment that 
may become energized because of any condition must be grounded.
    (c) Exposed, noncurrent-carrying metal parts of portable equipment 
must be grounded through a conductor in the supply cable to the 
grounding pole in the receptacle.
    (d) If the installation of the electrical equipment does not ensure 
a positive ground to the metal hull or equivalent conducting body, the 
apparatus must be grounded to the the hull with a grounding conductor.