Workplace Violence. The certification/validation report shall be signed by the Administrative Director and the Technical Director. The certification/validation process includes two stages. All exposed parts of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform, excepting runways used exclusively for oiling, or running adjustments, shall be protected by a stationary casing enclosing shafting completely or by a trough enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting as location requires. They allow workers to reduce the amount of materials handled manually thereby increasing work capacity and production output. (xii) The clutch/brake control shall incorporate an automatic means to prevent initiation or continued activation of the Single Stroke or Continuous functions unless the press drive motor is energized and in the forward direction. When flywheel extends into pit or is within 12 inches of floor, a standard toeboard shall also be provided; (iii) When the upper rim of flywheel protrudes through a working floor, it shall be entirely enclosed or surrounded by a guardrail and toeboard. (20) Die set means a tool holder held in alignment by guide posts and bushings and consisting of a lower shoe, an upper shoe or punch holder, and guide posts and bushings. (9) Prime movers include steam, gas, oil, and air engines, motors, steam and hydraulic turbines, and other equipment used as a source of power. (2) The report shall include the following information: (i) Employer's name, address and location of the workplace (establishment). Subpart EExit Routes and Emergency Planning, 1910.33 Table of contents. OSHA Basics: OSHA's Parts 1910 and 1926 ; OSHA Basics: How OSHA Standards are Named and Numbered; OSHA Basics: Incorporation by Reference (IBR) OSHA Basics: The OSHA Field Operations Manual; OSHA Basics: OSHA's Small Business Handbook ; OSHA Basics: The General Duty Clause-5. (ii) Belt shifter and clutch handles shall be rounded and be located as far as possible from danger of accidental contact, but within easy reach of the operator. Mills and calenders in the rubber and plastics industries. Flexible steel band brakes do not possess a long-term reliability against structural failure as compared to other types of brakes, and therefore are not acceptable on presses used in the PSDI mode of operation. Each recognized third-party validation organization and its validating laboratories shall: 1. (3) For the Textile Industry, because of the presence of excessive deposits of lint, which constitute a serious fire hazard, the sides and face sections only of nip-point belt and pulley guards are required, provided the guard shall extend at least six (6) inches beyond the rim of the pulley on the in-running and off-running sides of the belt and at least two (2) inches away from the rim and face of the pulley in all other directions. (1) Determination of distance of travel. (3) Upon issuance of the decision, any party to the hearing may file exceptions within 20 days pursuant to subpart C. If exceptions are filed, the administrative law judge shall forward the decision, exceptions and record to the Assistant Secretary for the final decision on the application. The model is based on medical research into the forces needed to cause damage to . Conveyors are safe when used correctly, but they can be dangerous, and even deadly, if workers fail to follow safety procedures when working on or around them. Inspection shall be made of belts, lacings, and fasteners and such equipment kept in good repair. The interior surface of all guards, by which is meant the surface of the guard with which a belt will come in contact, shall be smooth and free from all projections of any character, except where construction demands it; protruding shallow roundhead rivets may be used. (d) Fluid compatability with other materials, (d) Material stress tolerances and limits, (e) Stability to long term power fluctuations, (g) Repeatability of measured parameter without inadvertent initiation of a press stroke, (h) Operational life of components in cycles, hours, or both, (1) Specific operational wave lengths; and. Lubrication. (14) No saw, cutter head, or tool collar shall be placed or mounted on a machine arbor unless the tool has been accurately machined to size and shape to fit the arbor. ), (4) Cylindrical grinders. 1910.1016 N-Nitrosodimethylamine. Solid material used for this purpose shall be of an equivalent strength and firmness. 1910.105 Nitrous oxide. (4) Surfacers or planers used in thicknessing multiple pieces of material simultaneously shall be provided with sectional infeed rolls having sufficient yield in the construction of the sections to provide feeding contact pressure on the stock, over the permissible range of variation in stock thickness specified or for which the machine is designed. Projecting shaft ends shall present a smooth edge and end and shall not project more than one-half the diameter of the shaft unless guarded by nonrotating caps or safety sleeves. It is recommended, however, that no projecting setscrews or oilcups be used in any revolving pulley or part of machinery. Grade 32510. If the conveyor runs at head height or carries material hung from hooks, workers in the area should remain alert to possible danger and measures should be taken to prevent workers from being accidentally struck by moving material. All points not readily accessible shall have oil feed tubes if lubricant is to be added while machinery is in motion. (13) Control reliability. Search & Navigation After installation of point of operation guards and before a job is released for operation a check should be made to verify that the guard will prevent the operator's hands from reaching the point of operation. Subpart BAdoption and Extension of Established Federal Standards. (ii) The following checks shall be made at the beginning of each shift and whenever a die change is made. (1) Machine guarding. All Conveyors - Safety Section Refer to OSHA 1910.132 (Personal Prot. This document is not intended to be totally inclusive but rather to highlight the information and requirements in the complete OSHA standard that all owners and Subpart GOccupational Health and Environmental Control. (vi) Type of feeding (manual with hands in dies or with hands out of dies, semiautomatic, automatic, or other). 1910.262 Textiles. Flanges shall be dimensionally accurate and in good balance. (iii) Means shall be provided for disconnecting the power to the machine and for locking out or rendering cycling controls inoperable. You are using an unsupported browser. 1910.137 Electrical protective equipment. This is where OSHA comes into the picture. 1910.147 The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout). (2) General requirements for machine guards. (ii) Posts shall be not more than eight (8) feet apart; they are to be permanent and substantial, smooth, and free from protruding nails, bolts, and splinters. Presses whose designs incorporate flywheels running on journals on the crankshaft or back shaft, or bull gears running on journals mounted on the crankshaft, shall be inspected, lubricated, and maintained as provided in paragraph (h)(10) of this section to reduce the possibility of unintended and uncontrolled press strokes caused by bearing seizure. (c) Abrasive discs (inserted nut, inserted washer and projecting stud type). Certain exceptions are forging hammers made with frame mounted on the anvil; e.g., the smaller, single-frame hammers are usually made with the anvil and frame in one piece. (vii) A point of operation enclosure which does not meet the requirements of this subparagraph and Table O-10 shall be used only in conjunction with point of operation devices. Some metals can be forged at room temperature, but the majority of metals are made more plastic for forging by heating. The safety factor and/or derated percentage shall be specifically noted and complied with. The maximum angular exposure of the grinding wheel periphery and sides for safety guards used on machines known as swing frame grinding machines shall not exceed 180, and the top half of the wheel shall be enclosed at all times. Spacers shall be equal in diameter to the mounting flanges and have equal bearing surfaces. (ii) The inside diameter of the band shall not be more than 1 inch larger than the outside diameter of the wheel, and shall be mounted as nearly concentric with the wheel as practicable. All mills irrespective of the size of the rolls or their arrangement (individually or group-driven) shall be stopped within a distance, as measured in inches of surface travel, not greater than 112 percent of the peripheral no-load surface speeds of the respective rolls as determined in feet per minute. The guard shall be fastened to the frame carrying the rolls so as to remain in adjustment for any thickness of stock. Upsetters shall be provided with a means for locking out the power at its entry point to the machine and rendering its cycling controls inoperable. The removal of a hand from any control button shall cause the slide to stop. Blotters shall be used in accordance with paragraph (c)(6) of this section. (i) Hand-lever-operated power presses shall be equipped with a spring latch on the operating lever to prevent premature or accidental tripping. Regulation Y (vi) The presence sensing device location shall either be set at each tool change and set-up to provide at least the minimum safety distance, or fixed in location to provide a safety distance greater than or equal to the minimum safety distance for all tooling set-ups which are to be used on that press. A press consists of a stationary bed or anvil, and a slide (or slides) having a controlled reciprocating motion toward and away from the bed surface, the slide being guided in a definite path by the frame of the press. (3) On applications where injury to the operator might result if motors were to restart after power failures, provision shall be made to prevent machines from automatically restarting upon restoration of power. (OSHA 3170-02R, 2007) Title: Microsoft Word - FS Conveyors2.doc Author: rudnick Created Date: 11/18/2011 5:41:31 PM . (ii) If the belt is of the endless type or laced with rawhide laces, and a belt shifter is not desired, the belt will be considered guarded if the nip point of the belt and pulley is protected by a nip point guard located in front of the cone extending at least to the top of the largest step of the cone, and formed to show the contour of the cone in order to give the nip point of the belt and pulley the maximum protection. (v) All clutch/brake control electrical circuits shall be protected against the possibility of an accidental ground in the control circuit causing false operation of the press. (D) A check shall be made to assure that the barriers and/or supplemental presence sensing devices required by paragraph (h)(9)(ix) of this section are operating properly. In overhead silent chain-drive guards where the chain is held from lateral displacement on the sprockets, the side clearances required on drives of twenty (20) inch centers or under shall be not less than one-fourth inch from the nearest moving chain part, and on drives of over twenty (20) inch centers a minimum of one-half inch from the nearest moving chain part. a. Compliance with 1910.217(h)(2)(iii). (4) Tongs. However, the guarding of these gears is highly recommended. The manufacturer shall submit to the validation organization the technical analysis such as Hazard Analysis, Failure Mode and Effect Analysis, Stress Analysis, Component and Material Selection Analysis, Fluid Compatability, and/or other analyses which may be necessary to demonstrate, compliance with the following requirements: Sections 1910.217(h)(8) (i) and (ii); (h)(2) (ii) and (iii); (h)(3)(i) (A) and (C), and (ii); (h)(5) (i), (ii) and (iii); (h)(6) (i), (iii), (iv), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), and (xvii); (h)(7) (i) and (ii); (h)(9) (iv), (v), (viii), (ix) and (x); (h)(10) (i) and (ii). These guards shall effectively prevent the hands or fingers of the operator from coming in contact with the nip points. (4) Belt fasteners. (2) Belt shippers and shipper poles. (45) Point of operation means the area of the press where material is actually positioned and work is being performed during any process such as shearing, punching, forming, or assembling. (14) Abrasive wheel means a cutting tool consisting of abrasive grains held together by organic or inorganic bonds. The visual check shall include a determination that the spring housing or rod does not show damage sufficient to degrade the structural integrity of the unit, and the spring does not show any tendency to interleave. In addition, General Industry applications must adhere to OSHA regulations for Ladder Safety 1910.23 (if applicable) and Walking-Working Surfaces 1910.28. (3) Shoe last and spoke lathes, doweling machines, wood heel turning machines, and other automatic wood-turning lathes of the rotating knife type shall be equipped with hoods enclosing the cutter blades completely except at the contact points while the stock is being cut. Bearings and facilities for oiling. If cracked, there will be a dead sound and not a clear ring.. The guard shall effectively keep the operator's hand from coming in contact with the revolving knives. Where clamp caps or setscrews are used in conjunction with punch stems, additional means of securing the upper shoe to the slide shall be used. Based on this, the Assistant Secretary shall issue the final decision (including reasons) of the Department of Labor stating whether the applicant has demonstrated by a preponderance of evidence that it meets the requirements for recognition. (4) Power controls and operating controls should be located within easy reach of the operator while he is at his regular work location, making it unnecessary for him to reach over the cutter to make adjustments. The application shall identify the scope of the validation activity for which the applicant wishes to be recognized, based on one of the following alternatives: (1) Design Certification/Validation, Installation Certification/Validation, and Annual Recertification/Revalidation; (2) Design Certification/Validation only; or. 1910.261 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills. 1910.214 Cooperage machinery. Minimum requirements for this position are a Bachelor's degree in a technical field and five years of professional experience, at least one of which shall have been in responsible charge of a function in the area of testing, quality control or certification/validation of equipment comparable to power presses or their associated control systems. 1910.111 Storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia. (19) Die builder means any person who builds dies for power presses. (v) Two-hand controls for single stroke shall conform to the following requirements: (a) Each hand control shall be protected against unintended operation and arranged by design, construction, and/or separation so that the concurrent use of both hands is required to trip the press. screw conveyors and the periphery of an abrasive . 1910.120 Hazardous waste operations and emergency response. The safety guard shall cover the spindle end, nut, and flange projections. They shall be of rigid construction and designed to be adjustable to compensate for wheel wear. b. EN 618:2002+A1:2010, Continuous handling equipment and systems - Safety and EMC requirements for equipment for mechanical handling of bulk materials except fixed belt conveyors EN 619:2002+A1:2010, Continuous handling equipment and systems - Safety and EMC requirements for equipment for mechanical handling of unit loads Every steam or airhammer shall have a safety cylinder head to act as a cushion if the rod should break or pullout of the ram. Upon request, the employer must make available to that office all tests and analyses for OSHA review. Maximum hole size for all other applications should not exceed one-half wheel diameter. If the deficiencies are not corrected, OSHA may revoke recognition, effective in 60 days, unless the validation organization requests a hearing within that time. When a press is equipped for PSDI operation, it is recommended that the presence sensing device be active as a guarding device in other production modes. Table O-2 - Exposure Versus Wheel Thickness, Table O-4 - Minimum Dimensions for Straight Unrelieved Flanges for Wheels with Threaded Inserts or Projecting Studs. This table shows the distances that guards shall be positioned from the danger line in accordance with the required openings. The materials and dimensions specified in this paragraph shall apply to all guards, except horizontal overhead belts, rope, cable, or chain guards more than seven (7) feet above floor, or platform. The validating organization may utilize the competence, experience, and capability of its employees to demonstrate this competence, experience and capability. Only part revolution type mechanical power presses are approved for PSDI. After receipt of a notification of preliminary disapproval, the applicant may submit a revised application for further review by OSHA pursuant to subsection I.B. Elevated clutch/brake air pressure results in longer stopping time. (5) Ripping and ploughing shall be against the direction in which the saw turns. This type, however, differs from Type 5 in that the grinding is performed on the wall of the abrasive created by the difference between the diameter of the recess and the outside diameter of the wheel. (5) Sharpening or tensioning of saw blades or cutters shall be done only by persons of demonstrated skill in this kind of work. The validation organization shall demonstrate that: a. Tests which are conducted by the manufacturers of electrical components to establish stress, life, temperature and loading limits must be tests which are in compliance with the provisions of the National Electrical Code. Ample room for cleaning machines, handling material, work pieces, and scrap shall also be provided. ANSI B20.1-1976 was an extensive revision from the 1957 code. A copy of the test report shall be maintained on file at the validation organization and/or validating laboratory, and shall be available to OSHA upon request. 1910.502 Healthcare. Type 28 wheels have saucer shaped grinding rims. The safety tripping devices shall be located within reach of the operator and the bite. The mark or logo shall be suitable for incorporation into the label required by paragraph (h)(11)(iii) of this section. Hand feeding tools are intended for placing and removing materials in and from the press. Compliance with 1910.217(h)(9)(iv). (See Figure O-24-A.). (56) Turnover bar means a bar used in die setting to manually turn the crankshaft of the press. 1910.183 Helicopters. (4) Any automatic cutoff saw that strokes continuously without the operator being able to control each stroke shall not be used. After hearing. The OSHA catwalk width requirements are found in section 1910.28 (b) (5) (ii) (A). 1910.216 Mills and calenders in the rubber and plastics industries. (i) It shall be the responsibility of the employer to provide and insure the usage of point of operation guards or properly applied and adjusted point of operation devices on every operation performed on a mechanical power press. All applications submitted will be accepted by OSHA, and their receipt acknowledged in writing.