Electric drills and other electrically operated rotating tools intended to be held in the hand shall have the electric switch constructed so as to break the circuit when the hand releases the switch and shall be equipped with friction or safety clutches.
W. Va. Code § 22A-2-44
Hand-held electric drills and rotating tools; trailing cables
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