Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.15149 - Machines generally
Rule 5149.
(1)
An employer shall assure that each machine, including any machine provided by
an employee, is maintained in serviceable condition. An employer shall assure
that each machine, including any machine provided by an employee, is inspected
before initial use during each work shift. Defects or damage shall be repaired
or the unserviceable machine shall be replaced before work is
commenced.
(2) An employer shall
assure that operating and maintenance instructions are available on the machine
or in the area where the machine is being operated. To maintain stability, the
machine shall be operated within the limitations imposed by the manufacturer as
described in the operating and maintenance instructions. Each machine operator
and maintenance employee shall comply with the operating and maintenance
instructions.
(3) A stationary
logging machine and its components shall be anchored or otherwise stabilized to
prevent movement during operations.
(4) An employee shall not ride on any
load.
(5) After a machine engine is
shut down, pressure or stored energy from hydraulic and pneumatic storage
devices shall be discharged if the storage device can move the moving elements.
Each moving element, such as blades, buckets, saws, or shears, shall be lowered
to the ground or otherwise secured. The machines transmission shall be placed
in the manufacturers specified park position and the brake or brake locks shall
be applied.
(6) A machine shall be
loaded, secured, and unloaded so that it will not create a hazard for an
employee.
(7) Brakes shall be
sufficient to hold each machine and its rated load capacity on the slopes over
which it is being operated.
(8)
Each machine placed into initial service on or after September 8, 1995, shall
be equipped with a secondary braking system, which shall be effective in
stopping the machine and maintaining parking performance regardless of the
direction of travel or whether the engine is running and parking brakes that
are capable of holding a stopped machine stationary are employed.
(9) Each machine shall be equipped with
guarding to protect employees from exposed moving elements, such as shafts,
pulleys, belts on conveyors, and gears, in accordance with the requirements of
General Industry Safety Standard Part 7 "Guards for Power Transmission," as
referenced in
R
408.15102.
(10) Each machine used for debarking,
limbing, and chipping shall be equipped with guarding to protect employees from
flying wood chunks, logs, chips, bark, limbs, and other material.
(11) The guarding on each machine shall be in
place when the machine is in operation.
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