Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.16331 - Material handling
Rule 6331.
(1)
A mechanical lifting device shall be provided and used to place and remove
rolls of paper and paperboard from a machine.
(2) An escape hatch shall be provided where
doors on an enclosed cab provided on a powered industrial truck may be blocked
by special equipment.
(3) A crane,
powered industrial truck, or other wood handling equipment, except over the
road vehicles, having a cab with windows shall have all windows protected by a
screen made of steel rods not less than 7/16 inch in diameter with openings not
more than 4 by 4 inches or 2 by 6 inches.
(4) Where a hooker or hatch tender is used,
the operator of a cab style crane shall respond to the hooker's or hatch
tender's signals. The signals for an overhead crane shall be as prescribed in
Table 1 'Standard Hand Signals for Controlling Overhead and Gantry Cranes.' The
signals for a boom type crane shall be as prescribed in Table 2 'Hand Signals
for Boom-Type Cranes.'
(5) A
blower used to transport rags shall be provided a feed hopper with the opening
not less than 48 inches from the fan. The blower outlet must not allow material
to fall on an employee.
(6)
Railroad cars shall not be spotted on tracks adjacent to the locomotive cranes
unless a 24-inch clearance is maintained, as prescribed in
R
408.16342(1).
(7) The handling and storage of other
materials shall conform to
R 408.16342(1)
and (2) with respect to clearance.
(8) Handles of wood hooks shall be locked to
the shank to prevent them from rotating.
(9) An employee shall not ride on a powered
hand truck unless it is so designed by the manufacturer. A limit switch shall
be on the operating handle 30 degrees each way from a 45-degree angle up and
down beyond which the drive motor is electrically disconnected and braking
action commences.
(10) Whenever
possible, all dust, fumes, and gases incident to handling materials shall be
controlled at the source, in accordance with ANSI Standard Z9.2 "Fundamentals
Governing the Design and Operation of Local Exhaust Ventilation Systems," 1960
edition, as adopted in
R
408.16302. Where control at the source is not
possible, an employer shall provide respirators with goggles or protective
masks, and employees shall wear them when handling alum, clay, soda, ash, lime,
bleach powder, sulfur, chlorine, and similar materials, and when opening rag
bales.
(11) Hoods of cutters,
shredders, and dusters shall have exhaust ventilation in accordance with ANSI
Standard Z9.2 "Fundamentals Governing the Design and Operation of Local Exhaust
Ventilation Systems," 1960 edition, as adopted in
R
408.16302.
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