Original Version
Rule 58.5-D

58.5-D.    Climbing and Working Space

Switches and cutouts shall be so located that when in either open or closed position they are not less than 15 or 18 inches from centerline of pole as required by Table 1, Case 8, and no part of such equipment shall be in the climbing space.  Such apparatus is permitted to be wholly or in part within working spaces.

Strikeout and Underline Version
Rule 58.5-D

58.5-D.    Climbing and Working Space

Switches and cutouts shall be so located that when in either open or closed position they are not less than 15 or 18 inches from centerline of pole as required by Table 1, Case 8, and no part of such equipment shall be in the climbing space.  Such apparatus is permitted to be wholly or in part within working spaces.  The clearance of 15 or 18 inches need not apply to nonfusible poletop switches connected to circuit of 7,500 volts or more, provided the switches are installed substantially in the same vertical plane as the conductors to which they are attached, and no climbing space has to be provided through and above the level of such switches.

Final Version
Rule 58.5-D

58.5-D.    Climbing and Working Space

Switches and cutouts shall be so located that when in either open or closed position they are not less than 15 or 18 inches from centerline of pole as required by Table 1, Case 8, and no part of such equipment shall be in the climbing space.  Such apparatus is permitted to be wholly or in part within working spaces.  The clearance of 15 or 18 inches need not apply to nonfusible poletop switches connected to circuit of 7,500 volts or more, provided the switches are installed substantially in the same vertical plane as the conductors to which they are attached, and no climbing space has to be provided through and above the level of such switches.