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While installing or servicing solar panels, what does OSHA say employers should have workers do to the panels?

Cover the panels, in addition to protecting workers from electrical circuits.

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  1. Spray them with water
  2. Cover the panels ✔
  3. Tilt them toward the sun

Why: Panels make electricity whenever light hits them, even with a breaker off. Covering them helps prevent unexpected energy while people work.

Huh, didn't know that: OSHA's lockout/tagout rules say each lock and tag must identify the name of the worker who applied it.

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Answer: Cover the panels. Panels make electricity whenever light hits them, even with a breaker off. Covering them helps prevent unexpected energy while people work.

  1. OSHA: Green Job Hazards, Solar Energy: Lockout/Tagout www.osha.gov/green-jobs/solar/lockout-tagout
    employers should assure that workers cover the solar panels, in addition to protecting workers from electrical circuits.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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