(A) Scope.
The purpose of this chapter of the Administrative Code is to
provide reasonable safety for life, limb, and
health of employees. In cases of practical
difficulty or unnecessary hardship, the Ohio bureau of workers' compensation
may grant exceptions from the literal provisions of the rules of this chapter
or permit the use of other devices or methods when, in the opinion of the
bureau, equivalent protection is thereby secured.
The specific requirements
provisions of this chapter supplement those of
Chapter 4123:1-5 of the Administrative Code, and are
minimum requirements of an employer
pertain to
the employer for the protection of such employer's employees and no
others and apply to the manufacture of castings containing iron, steel, brass,
copper, tin, zinc, lead, aluminum, or any of the baser metals, but do not apply
to steel making or any processes used in conjunction with steel manufacturing
and fabricating.
Installations or constructions built or contracted for prior to
the effective date of any requirement shall
be
specification are deemed to comply
with the provisions of these requirements
rules if such installations or constructions
comply either with the provisions of these
requirements
the curent rules or with
the provisions of any applicable specific
requirement
rule which was in effect at
the time contracted for or built.
(B) Definitions.
(1) "Core" means a preformed sand aggregate
inserted into a mold to shape the interior of a casting.
(2) "Core box" means a wood, metal or plastic
structure used to shape sand into a core.
(3) "Crucible" means a ceramic pot or
receptacle used in melting molten metal, transporting it or both.
(4) "Cupola" means a cylindrical furnace
lined with refractories for melting metal in direct contact with the fuel by
forcing air under pressure through openings near its base.
(5) "Factor of safety" means the ratio
between the ultimate breaking stress and the working stress of the material,
structure, or device. For example, the term "factor of safety of four" means
the material, structure, or device
shall be
is
constructed of such strength that the maximum load will be one-fourth the
designed ultimate breaking load. Where other factors of safety appear, they
shall
will
apply in the same manner. The standards of the "American Society for Testing
Materials" shall
will be used in determining the strength of material
except as otherwise provided herein.
(6) "Flask" means the frame which holds the
sand or other substance forming the mold.
(7) "Gallery" means a corridorlike platform,
passage, or walkway, especially one projecting
from a wall and open at the outer edge.
(8) "Guard" means the covering, fencing,
railing, or enclosure which shields an object from accidental
contact.
(9) "Guarded" means that
the object is covered, fenced, railed, enclosed, or otherwise shielded from
accidental contact.
(10) "Ladle"
means a metal receptacle frequently lined with refractories used for
transporting and pouring molten metal.
(11) "Mold" means the form into which molten
metal is poured to produce a casting.
(12) "Operator" means any employee assigned
or authorized to work at the specific equipment.
(13) "Passageway" means a well-defined
defined
aisle, gangway, or walkway, etc., used for movement of employees and
equipment, but does not include the space between molds unless regularly used
for such movement.
(14) "Pig hole"
means the opening into which the excess molten metal is poured.
(15) "Pig mold" means a mold used to hold
excess molten metal.
(16) "Pouring
floor or area" means the floor or area where molten metal is poured.
(17) "Shall" is to be construed as
mandatory.
(18) "Substantial" means
construction of such strength, of such materials, and of such workmanship that
the object will withstand the wear, usage, or
shock for which it is designed.
(19) "Trunnion" means the cylindrical metal
support attached to the side of a ladle or flask.
(20) "Tumbling mill" means a rotating barrel
in which castings are cleaned.
