Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.16346 - Barkers
Rule 6346.
(1)
An employee shall not hold or have physical contact with the pulpwood during
the barking operation.
(2) An
employer shall provide barrier guards or enclosures to protect an employee in
the area from flying particles from the barker.
(3) Two or more continuous barking drums
installed side by side shall be provided with a walkway between each set with a
guardrail system as prescribed in General Industry Safety and Health Standard
Part 2 "Walking-Working Surfaces," as referenced in
R
408.16302.
(4) When a platform or floor allows access to
the sides of a drum barker, a guardrail system shall be installed as prescribed
in General Industry Safety and Health Standard Part 2 "Walking-Working
Surfaces," as referenced in
R
408.16302.
(5) In-running nip points exposed to contact
of trunnion rollers on a drum barker shall be guarded.
(6) An intermittent barking drum shall be
equipped with a device that locks the drum while being loaded or
unloaded.
(7) The loading and
unloading ends of a hydraulic barker shall be equipped with baffles. The
operator shall be protected by a barrier of 1/2 inch plexiglas or material of
equivalent strength. A high pressure hose to a hydraulic barker shall be
secured at the hose connection ends to prevent whipping if a connection
fails.
Notes
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