Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
Title 296. Labor and Industries, Department of |
Chapter 296-806. Machine safety. |
Section 296-806-099. Definitions. |
Section 296-806-100. Scope. |
Section 296-806-200. Requirements for all machines. |
Section 296-806-20002. Secure machines designed to stay in one place. |
Section 296-806-20004. Protect employees from slipping hazards around machinery. |
Section 296-806-20006. Arrange work areas to avoid creating hazards. |
Section 296-806-20007. Machine controls and operations. |
Section 296-806-20008. Make sure operating controls meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-20010. Protect employees from unintentional machine operation. |
Section 296-806-20012. Make sure emergency stop controls meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-20014. Control machine vibration. |
Section 296-806-20016. Prevent overspeed conditions. |
Section 296-806-20018. Make sure hand feeding and retrieval tools meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-20020. Protect employees who are adjusting or repairing machinery. |
Section 296-806-20021. Power transmission parts. |
Section 296-806-20022. Keep power transmission equipment in good working condition. |
Section 296-806-20024. Inspect power transmission parts. |
Section 296-806-20026. Protect employees lubricating moving machinery. |
Section 296-806-20027. Safeguarding requirements. |
Section 296-806-20028. Safeguard employees from the point of operation. |
Section 296-806-20030. Safeguard employees from nip or shear point hazards. |
Section 296-806-20032. Safeguard employees from rotating or revolving parts. |
Section 296-806-20034. Safeguard employees from reciprocating or other moving parts. |
Section 296-806-20036. Safeguard employees from flying objects. |
Section 296-806-20038. Safeguard employees from falling objects. |
Section 296-806-20040. Safeguard employees from moving surfaces with hazards. |
Section 296-806-20041. Safeguarding methods. |
Section 296-806-20042. Make sure guards meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-20043. Devices. |
Section 296-806-20044. Make sure devices meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-20046. Make sure light curtains meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-20048. Make sure pressure-sensitive mats meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-20050. Make sure restraint or pullback devices meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-20052. Make sure two-hand devices meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-20054. Make sure devices used with barrier guards meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-20055. Distance. |
Section 296-806-20056. Make sure safeguarding by distance meets these requirements. |
Section 296-806-20058. Make sure guardrails used for safeguarding meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-300. Requirements for specific machine hazards. |
Section 296-806-30002. Fit arbors and mandrels to the machine. |
Section 296-806-30004. Safeguard belt and rope drives. |
Section 296-806-30006. Make sure belt or rope drives meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-30008. Protect employees while shifting belts on belt and pulley drives. |
Section 296-806-30010. Make sure belt tighteners meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-30012. Safeguard cams, connecting rods, tail rods, and extension piston rods. |
Section 296-806-30014. Safeguard chain and sprocket drives. |
Section 296-806-30016. Safeguard fan blades. |
Section 296-806-30017. Flywheels. |
Section 296-806-30018. Safeguard flywheels. |
Section 296-806-30020. Safeguard gears. |
Section 296-806-30022. Safeguard projections on moving parts. |
Section 296-806-30024. Safeguard pulleys. |
Section 296-806-30026. Make sure pulleys meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-30028. Safeguard revolving drums, barrels, and containers. |
Section 296-806-30030. Safeguard shafting. |
Section 296-806-30032. Make sure shafting meets these requirements. |
Section 296-806-30034. Safeguard unused keyways. |
Section 296-806-30036. Make sure revolving collars meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-30038. Safeguard counterweights. |
Section 296-806-400. Additional requirements for some machines and machine operations. |
Section 296-806-405. Abrasive wheels. |
Section 296-806-40502. Make sure abrasive wheels and machines are properly designed and constructed. |
Section 296-806-40504. Make sure machines have safety guards. |
Section 296-806-40506. Make sure safety guards meet specific requirements. |
Section 296-806-40508. Provide a tongue guard on bench, pedestal, floorstand, and cylindrical grinders. |
Section 296-806-40510. Use a work rest for off-hand grinding. |
Section 296-806-40511. Mounting abrasive wheels. |
Section 296-806-40512. Make sure abrasive wheels are safe to use. |
Section 296-806-40514. Mount wheels properly. |
Section 296-806-40516. Use proper flanges. |
Section 296-806-40518. Make sure flanges are in good condition. |
Section 296-806-40520. Use specific flanges for Type 1 cutting-off wheels. |
Section 296-806-40522. Use specific flanges for Type 27A cutting-off wheels. |
Section 296-806-40524. Use blotters when required. |
Section 296-806-40526. Meet specific blotter requirements when using modified Types 6 and 11 wheels (terrazzo). |
Section 296-806-410. Calenders. |
Section 296-806-41002. Provide calender safety controls. |
Section 296-806-41004. Follow these stopping limit requirements for calenders. |
Section 296-806-415. Compactors. |
Section 296-806-41502. Safeguard hazardous moving parts of stationary compactors. |
Section 296-806-41504. Follow these requirements for compactor controls. |
Section 296-806-41506. Follow these requirements for compactor access doors and covers. |
Section 296-806-41508. Follow these requirements for compactors that cycle automatically. |
Section 296-806-420. Conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42002. Follow these requirements for conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42004. Provide emergency stops on conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42006. Label conveyor controls. |
Section 296-806-42008. Prohibit riding on conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42010. Provide safe access to conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42012. Provide backstop or antirunaway devices on incline, decline, or vertical conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42014. Make only safe alterations to conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42016. Inspect and replace worn conveyor parts. |
Section 296-806-42018. Follow these requirements for replacing conveyor parts. |
Section 296-806-42020. Follow these requirements for spill guards. |
Section 296-806-42022. Provide pedestrian overpasses for conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42024. Guard openings to hoppers and chutes. |
Section 296-806-42026. Install guideposts. |
Section 296-806-42027. Belt conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42028. Guard nip points on belt conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42030. Install emergency stop controllers on overland belt conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42032. Install belt conveyor overpasses. |
Section 296-806-42033. Chain converyors. |
Section 296-806-42034. Safeguard chain conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42036. Guard return strands on chain conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42038. Guard chain conveyors that are used as a transfer mechanism. |
Section 296-806-42039. Elevator conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42040. Prevent material from falling off of elevator conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42041. Inclined reciprocating conveyors (shakers). |
Section 296-806-42042. Provide protection where employees must load shakers. |
Section 296-806-42044. Provide grating over silo and bunker openings for shuttle conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42045. Mobile conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42046. Guard wheels and rails on mobile conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42048. Prevent hazardous motion on mobile conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42050. Provide a detector for mobile conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42052. Provide safe access on mobile conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42053. Push-bar conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42054. Guard pusher-bar conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42055. Roller conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42056. Prohibit walking on roller-type conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42058. Use speed controls for roller and wheel conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42060. Safeguard belt-driven live roller conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42061. Screw conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42062. Guard screw conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42063. Skip hoists. |
Section 296-806-42064. Provide slack-cable switches on hoists. |
Section 296-806-42066. Block the skip bucket and counterweight guides. |
Section 296-806-42068. Protect against wire rope coming off sheaves. |
Section 296-806-42069. Slat and roller-slat conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42070. Safeguard slat and roller-slat conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42071. Towed conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42072. Provide a safe method for disengaging the tow pin. |
Section 296-806-42074. Protect employees from moving carts on towed conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42076. Provide clearances and warnings for carts on towed conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42078. Mark projections above the floor. |
Section 296-806-425. Food processing equipment. |
Section 296-806-42502. Provide locks on chamber doors of large air conditioning units. |
Section 296-806-42504. Use proper door locks on rack-type bread coolers. |
Section 296-806-42506. Provide see-through panels on fermentation room doors. |
Section 296-806-42508. Cover exposed hot pipes. |
Section 296-806-42510. Provide extension piping on stationary lubrication fittings. |
Section 296-806-42512. Provide hoods for pan-washing tanks. |
Section 296-806-42514. Safeguard proof boxes. |
Section 296-806-42516. Safeguard storage bins. |
Section 296-806-42517. Material handling. |
Section 296-806-42518. Follow these design requirements for bag lifts (bag arm elevators) and chutes. |
Section 296-806-42520. Follow these requirements for chain tackle. |
Section 296-806-42522. Safeguard conveyors. |
Section 296-806-42524. Use properly designed covers for screw conveyors (augers). |
Section 296-806-42526. Safeguard pallet jacks and hand trucks. |
Section 296-806-42527. Specific food processing equipment. |
Section 296-806-42528. Safeguard bakery slicers. |
Section 296-806-42530. Safeguard bakery wrapping machines. |
Section 296-806-42532. Provide troughs with antifriction-bearing casters. |
Section 296-806-42534. Follow these requirements for trough hoists and similar equipment. |
Section 296-806-42536. Follow these requirements for dividers. |
Section 296-806-42538. Safeguard manually-fed dough and cross-roll brakes. |
Section 296-806-42540. Provide a guard or tripping device on reversible dough brakes. |
Section 296-806-42542. Follow these requirements for doughnut machines. |
Section 296-806-42544. Follow these requirements for dumpbins and blenders. |
Section 296-806-42546. Follow these requirements for flour-handling machines. |
Section 296-806-42548. Follow these requirements for traveling or track-type flour scales. |
Section 296-806-42550. Follow these requirements for food grinders and cutters. |
Section 296-806-42552. Provide covers with interlocks on ingredient premixers, emulsifiers, and similar machines. |
Section 296-806-42554. Follow these requirements for open fat kettles. |
Section 296-806-42556. Follow these requirements for steam kettles. |
Section 296-806-42558. Follow these requirements for chocolate melting, refining, and mixing kettles. |
Section 296-806-42560. Safeguard meat-processing equipment (circular meat-cutting saws). |
Section 296-806-42562. Follow these requirements for horizontal dough mixers. |
Section 296-806-42564. Follow these requirements for vertical mixers. |
Section 296-806-42566. Follow these requirements for mechanical-feed moulders. |
Section 296-806-42568. Follow these requirements for hand-fed moulders. |
Section 296-806-42570. Design, install, and construct your ovens according to these requirements. |
Section 296-806-42572. Properly locate emergency "stop" buttons and main shut off valves for ovens. |
Section 296-806-42574. Inspect and test safety devices on ovens. |
Section 296-806-42576. Follow these requirements for peanut-cooling trucks. |
Section 296-806-42578. Follow these requirements for pretzel-rolling, pretzel stick extruding, rotary, and die machines. |
Section 296-806-42580. Safeguard box and roll-type dough sheeters. |
Section 296-806-42582. Provide proper enclosures for sifters. |
Section 296-806-42584. Follow these requirements for sugar and spice pulverizers. |
Section 296-806-430. Forging machines. |
Section 296-806-43002. Follow these safety requirements when using lead and lead casts. |
Section 296-806-43004. Properly inspect and maintain forging equipment. |
Section 296-806-43006. Use safety blocks on hammers and presses. |
Section 296-806-43008. Make sure tongs meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-43010. Protect employees when removing scale. |
Section 296-806-43012. Provide adequate foundations for hammers and presses. |
Section 296-806-43014. Follow these requirements for manually operated valves and switches. |
Section 296-806-43015. Hammers. |
Section 296-806-43016. Use die keys and shims made of proper-grade material. |
Section 296-806-43018. Provide a safety cylinder head. |
Section 296-806-43020. Provide a shutoff valve. |
Section 296-806-43022. Provide a means for cylinder draining. |
Section 296-806-43024. Follow these requirements for pressure pipes. |
Section 296-806-43026. Follow these requirements when using board hammers. |
Section 296-806-43027. Other forge facility equipment. |
Section 296-806-43028. Protect against sparks from saws. |
Section 296-806-435. Garbage waste disposals. |
Section 296-806-43502. Safeguard garbage (waste) disposal equipment. |
Section 296-806-440. Glue spreaders. |
Section 296-806-44002. Provide guards and automatic shutoffs on glue spreaders. |
Section 296-806-445. Ironworkers. |
Section 296-806-44502. Safeguard ironworkers point of operation. |
Section 296-806-44504. Follow these requirements for adjustable restrictors when safeguarding ironworkers. |
Section 296-806-450. Lathes. |
Section 296-806-45002. Provide shields or guards on metal lathes for chip or coolant hazards. |
Section 296-806-45004. Safeguard work-holding devices (chucks). |
Section 296-806-45006. Follow these requirements for chip control and handling. |
Section 296-806-45008. Safeguard power-clamping devices. |
Section 296-806-45010. Restrain extended workpieces on horizontal lathes. |
Section 296-806-45011. Woodworking lathes. |
Section 296-806-45012. Guard cutting heads on profile lathes and swing-head lathes. |
Section 296-806-45014. Guard cutting heads on turning lathes. |
Section 296-806-45016. Guard automatic turning lathes. |
Section 296-806-45018. Guard wood lathes used for turning long pieces of stock. |
Section 296-806-455. Mechanical power presses. |
Section 296-806-45502. Make sure mechanical power presses are properly designed and constructed. |
Section 296-806-45503. Safeguarding. |
Section 296-806-45504. Safeguard presses that use unitized tooling. |
Section 296-806-45506. Protect operators from guidepost hazards. |
Section 296-806-45508. Safeguard the point of operation. |
Section 296-806-45510. Make sure point-of-operation guards are properly designed and constructed. |
Section 296-806-45512. Make sure barrier guards meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-45514. Make sure point-of-operation devices are effective. |
Section 296-806-45516. Make sure presence-sensing devices used to safeguard the point of operation meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-45518. Make sure pull-back devices used to safeguard the point of operation meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-45520. Make sure restraint (holdout) devices used to safeguard the point of operation meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-45522. Make sure two-hand control devices used to safeguard the point of operation meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-45524. Make sure two-hand trip devices used to safeguard the point of operation meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-45526. Provide additional safeguards when the operator puts one or both hands into the point of operation. |
Section 296-806-45527. Operations. |
Section 296-806-45528. Establish die setting procedures. |
Section 296-806-45530. Handle dies safely. |
Section 296-806-45532. Protect die setters during setup and tryout. |
Section 296-806-45534. Train press operators. |
Section 296-806-45536. Operate mechanical power presses safely. |
Section 296-806-45538. Provide tools and other means to protect press operators. |
Section 296-806-45540. Inspect and maintain presses. |
Section 296-806-45542. Make sure presses and operating practices used in the PSDI (presence sensing device initiation) mode of operation meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-460. Mills. |
Section 296-806-46002. Meet height requirements for mill rolls. |
Section 296-806-46004. Provide mill safety controls. |
Section 296-806-46006. Follow these stopping limit requirements for mills. |
Section 296-806-465. Press brakes. |
Section 296-806-46502. Provide auxiliary safety aids on press brakes. |
Section 296-806-46504. Safeguard the point of operation on press brakes. |
Section 296-806-46505. Safe distance safeguarding. |
Section 296-806-46506. Follow this requirement when using safe distance safeguarding. |
Section 296-806-46508. Develop a safe distance safeguarding program for press brakes. |
Section 296-806-46510. Follow these requirements for safe distance training for press brakes. |
Section 296-806-46512. Require safe distance retraining for press brake operations. |
Section 296-806-46514. Conduct periodic safe distance inspections on press brakes. |
Section 296-806-46516. Supervise the safe distance program for press brakes. |
Section 296-806-470. Roll-forming and bending machines. |
Section 296-806-47002. Follow these requirements for machine initiation. |
Section 296-806-47004. Safeguard nip points of roll-forming and bending machines. |
Section 296-806-475. Sanding machines. |
Section 296-806-47502. Guard drum sanders. |
Section 296-806-47504. Guard disk sanders. |
Section 296-806-47506. Guard belt sanders. |
Section 296-806-47508. Follow these requirements for feed roll guarding. |
Section 296-806-480. Saws and cutting heads. |
Section 296-806-48001. General requirements for all saws and cutting heads. |
Section 296-806-48002. Protect employees using saws and cutting heads. |
Section 296-806-48004. Make sure saws and cutting heads are sharpened and tensioned by qualified people. |
Section 296-806-48005. General requirements for all saws. |
Section 296-806-48006. Make sure saws are safe to use. |
Section 296-806-48007. Requirements for all circular saws. |
Section 296-806-48008. Make sure all circular saws meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-48010. Make sure circular saw gages meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-48012. Safeguard hand-fed circular table saws. |
Section 296-806-48014. Provide kickback protection for employees using hand-fed circular table ripsaws when ripping wood products. |
Section 296-806-48016. Safeguard self-feed circular saws. |
Section 296-806-48018. Provide kickback protection for self-feed circular ripsaws when ripping wood products. |
Section 296-806-48020. Guard circular resaws. |
Section 296-806-48022. Provide spreaders for circular resaws. |
Section 296-806-48023. Requirements for specific circular saws. |
Section 296-806-48024. Protect employees from automatic saw hazards. |
Section 296-806-48026. Guard inverted swing (jump) saws. |
Section 296-806-48028. Guard miter saws. |
Section 296-806-48030. Guard radial saws. |
Section 296-806-48032. Limit the travel of radial saws. |
Section 296-806-48034. Provide kickback protection for radial saws used for ripping wood products. |
Section 296-806-48036. Guard revolving double arbor saws. |
Section 296-806-48038. Guard swing saws. |
Section 296-806-48040. Limit the travel of swing saws. |
Section 296-806-48041. Requirements for band saws and drag saws. |
Section 296-806-48042. Make sure band saws meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-48044. Protect employees from drag saw hazards. |
Section 296-806-48045. General requirements for all cutting heads. |
Section 296-806-48046. Maintain and balance knives and cutting heads. |
Section 296-806-48047. Boring and mortising machines. |
Section 296-806-48048. Make sure boring and mortising machines meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-48049. Chipper and hog mills. |
Section 296-806-48050. Follow these requirements for chipper mills. |
Section 296-806-48052. Follow these requirements for hog mills. |
Section 296-806-48054. Protect employees from falling into chipper and hog mills. |
Section 296-806-48055. Jointers. |
Section 296-806-48056. Make sure jointers with horizontal cutting heads meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-48058. Guard horizontal cutting heads on hand-fed jointers. |
Section 296-806-48060. Guard vertical cutting heads on jointers. |
Section 296-806-48061. Molding, sticking and matching machines. |
Section 296-806-48062. Make sure molding, sticking and matching machines meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-48063. Panel raisers and other similar machines. |
Section 296-806-48064. Guard hand-fed panel raisers and other similar machines. |
Section 296-806-48065. Planers. |
Section 296-806-48066. Make sure planers with a horizontal cutting head meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-48068. Guard planers. |
Section 296-806-48070. Guard planer feed rolls. |
Section 296-806-48072. Provide kickback protection on planers running stock of varied thicknesses. |
Section 296-806-48073. Shapers. |
Section 296-806-48074. Make sure shapers meet these requirements. |
Section 296-806-48075. Tenoning machines. |
Section 296-806-48076. Guard tenoning machine feed chains and sprockets. |
Section 296-806-48078. Guard tenoning machines. |
Section 296-806-48079. Veneer machines. |
Section 296-806-48080. Guard veneer cutters and wringer knives. |
Section 296-806-48082. Guard veneer clippers. |
Section 296-806-48084. Follow these requirements for guarding guillotine cutters. |
Section 296-806-48086. Provide mechanisms to stop power-driven guillotine cutters. |
Section 296-806-48088. Prohibit riders on veneer slicer carriages. |
Section 296-806-485. Sewing machines. |
Section 296-806-48502. Guard sewing machine needles. |