Supplemental Catalog Bulletin 3023, February 2001

Portable, lightweight, high performance

The EQUI-MAT™ Personal Protective Ground Grid provides an easy way to help establish an equipotential zone for a lineworker to stand on during various energized and de-energized work practices. Properly applied, it accomplishes compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 1910.269:

The EQUI-MAT™ Personal Protective Ground Grid easily can be taken anywhere needed, is simple to use, maintain and store. It consists of a high-ampacity tinned-copper-braid cable sewn in a grid pattern onto a vinyl/polyester fabric. Cable terminals permit connecting the mat's grid in series with an electrical ground and the subject system component or vehicle. Simply rinsing with water comprises all the care the mat requires. The mat may be folded and stored in a tool bag to help keep it clean and protected. Complete instructions are included with each unit.

Easy to use, versatile to many applications

• Padmounted Transformers and Switches
Complies with OSHA 1910.269 for protecting workers operating and maintaining padmounted transformers and switchgear. The proper use of EQUI-MAT™ Personal Protective Ground Grid in these applications creates an equipotential zone just as a cluster bar (chain binder) does in overhead grounding practices.

• Mechanical Equipment (Vehicles, etc.)
Grounding It also helps provide compliance with OSHA 1910.269 for protecting workers around mechanical equipment which could become energized, such as utility vehicles and portable generators. For proper application, EQUI-MAT™ Personal Protective Ground Grids are attached to the vehicle (for example) at locations where workers could contact the vehicle. This extends the area of equipotential around the vehicle.

• Overhead Distribution and Transmission Switches
EQUI-MAT™ Personal Protective Ground Grid can help eliminate step and touch potential. Connect it to the handle of an overhead switch and stand on it when opening or closing the switch.

• Line Apparatus Work:
Similar uses for installing , maintaining or operating regulators, reclosers, capacitor banks.

• Suspect Substation Grids:
If station ground mat integrity is questionable, apply the EQUI-MAT™ Personal Protective Ground Grid.