Replacing defective plug on extension cord

With respect to OSHA, is a roofer considered competent to replace a defective plug/socket on an extension cord?

Funny!

Instead of replacing them, I prefer to cut them off, seperate and strip back 3/4" of each wire, shove them into a socket and duct-taping the wire to the receptacle. B)

That's a good one, Lanny. Enjoyed that. As an independent operator in this modern world, I have to consider myself scrap. And no, I don't underestimate my power. In this day and age, if I want to keep living some semblance of the good life, I have to be careful that I don't overestimate it. There are too many "modern" juggernauts out there doing impersonations of the grim reaper to risk taking anything for granted. As far as the specific subject goes, I have never had much respect for replacement plugs. But then, not even a factory plug does too well when it is jerked out of a receptacle from fifty feet away.

---Awhile back we had accumulated 2 garbage cans full of damaged extension cords that I had planned to fix in my spare time. Well, we all know how that goes... ---Finally I took them to the scrap yard and got 90 cents a pound. That is with all the insulation still on them. We did cut off the plugs. ---That and a large pile of aluminum gutters added up to over $1,000. ---Never under estimate the power of scrap.

Lanny

Years ago Osha showed up on a BU job. He cut up all the cords that had replacement plugs or any tape. It was either let him do it or get fined so I was told.

Here is alittle secret about OSHA, if you have a question, any question, and OSHA is in that question, the answer is always, NO !!!

IDK about the Big "O" on this. I do know that in there eyes we are not competent to do anything.

There has to be an element of a job well done to it. I eliminate any cord sections with cuts. In case OSHA shows, and it makes good sense. (Did not need the Government to connect those dots for me). I do however re-do the plugs. Since Mao, Che and Vladimer have not yet been to one of my jobs, I don't know if it will pass their rules.

As CIAK failed to note, there is never a separation between a job well done and general, even extreme stupidity. Which is why stats, altho seemingly benign, are truly dangerous, raw, flawed (incomplete, unexplained) data.

Which is why the Government LOVES statistics!

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Top electrical safety hazards include electrical fires caused by aging wiring and misuse of surge suppressors and include electrocutions from wiring systems and large appliances. Electricity causes more than 40,000 fires ever year in the United States, resulting in hundreds of injuries and deaths. Electrical fires kill more than 750 people and cause more than $1 billion in property damage annually. Extension cords have been identified by the CPCS as a leading cause of electrical fires in the home. Every six minutes there is an extension cord-related electrical fire in the United States. Extension cord fires outnumbered fires beginning with attached or unattached power cords by more than 2-to-1. Employers and employees need to consider an important element of electrical safety in the workplace is the safe use of extension cords, power strips, and surge protector. B) :) :) B) Deep Down In Florida Where The Sun Shines Damn Near Every Day