When there's an excessive amount of cables crowded into a tray or raceway, the heat they produce can't dissipate properly. Here's how it typically unfolds: Heat Generation: Every electrical cable generates some heat. Your original article already highlights the biggest dangers: contact with energized cables, overheating caused by overload, structural collapse, sharp edges, debris. Monitoring Cable Trays is problematic because, by their very nature, cable trays cover long distances and are usually in out-of-the-way locations. The use and installation of cable trays is covered by legally enforceable OSHA regulations in 29 CFR 1910. danage when pulled through penetrations. Plant orocedures have no reouirement may cause inadequate pressure / fire barriers.