High Voltage regulations

I'm working on a class project and the circuit we are to design has a 100V source. I need to find out the regulations/requirements to protect someone working on the circuit. I've looked at the OSHA website and what I've found seems to only deal with structural wiring and power stations. Could someone please direct me to the correct site so I can research this? Thanks so much.

All the regulations in the world won't protect you, it is plain common sense. The regulations are there to make sure that equipment is built to a standard that will protect the user from particular kinds of faults, things like safety interlocks, grounding, insulation, creepage and clearance for example, not against human error.
As a person building and using equipment, you have to be aware that lethal potentials exist, and make sure that you minimise the ways that you can be exposed to them.
Without knowing how the 100v system is being used, it is hard to suggest ways to mitigate for human error. Insulation, and reducing ways that a current can flow arm to arm are obvious.
cheers,
Richard

Hi Michael,

You should check these pdf's I've posted.

1. High Voltage Electrical Safety Program
2. Safety Guidelines for High Voltage and/or Line Powered Equipment
3. High Voltage Protection Action
4. Working Safely Around Electricity

Hope it helps,

Hi Michael,

I'm not really sure about the regulations/requirements need here. But I guess you should have personal protective equipment (PPEs) in line with electrical safety.

Hope it helps
Kevin

Thanks Richard. I'm making sure that the circuit design limits the amount of current that could discharge, and I'm trying to physically hide potentially dangerous components/traces as much as possible. I wasn't sure if there were official (government) regulations that I would have to comply with - there are regulations for everything else, so why not this. But searching around, the only things I could find pertained to building codes and the like.

Michael

Thanks so much Emmanuel. What I was really hoping to get, though, was requirements for the design itself as opposed to safety procedures when working on/with the equipment. Even so, there's a lot of good information that I can get out of those links, so I appreciate your help.

Thanks Kevin. What I was really hoping to get, though, was requirements for the design itself. I assumed there must be some sort of regulations involving circuit board design with 'high voltage' (although it seems like the term 'high voltage' is actually a whole lot higher than what I'm dealing with).

OK, now I know what you specifically want, I think I can help. I used to design and test equipment using the standards you are looking for, from either IEC, ISO, or Underwriters Laboratory (UL) in the USA.
They are voluminous standards, which you normally have to pay for, although they should be available from some libraries. They are not for the faint of heart, trying to understand them can be a daunting task.
What you are looking for is info on creepage and clearance (which applies to pcb tracks, connectors, screws, in fact anything where there is or could be a potential difference), insulation, earthing, and subjects like finger testing, i.e., does a finger poked in through a ventilation hole allow access to a high voltage.
Look the subject up on the web, you are likely to find enough of what you need to know (tables of creepage and clearance versus voltage)without having to work your way through these standards.
Hope that helps,
cheers,
Richard

Thanks Richard! That's what I needed to know. I really appreciate your help.

Michael