Wash. Admin. Code § 296-79-270 - Pulpwood preparation
(1)
Barker feeding devices must be designed in such a manner that the operator will
not be required to hold or make any physical contact with any log or bolt
during the barking operations.
(2)
A dog or locking device in addition to the motor switch, clutch, belt shifter
or other power disconnecting device must be installed on all intermittent
barking drums to prevent the drum from moving while it is being filled or
emptied.
(3) Hydraulic barkers.
(a) The inlet and outlet areas of hydraulic
barkers must be equipped with baffles or devices that will reasonably prevent
material from flying out while the machine is in operation.
(b) The operator must be protected by at
least five-ply laminated glass or material of equivalent strength.
(4) The high pressure hoses of
hydraulic barkers must be secured in such a manner that the hose connection
ends will be restrained if a hose connection fails.
(5) The feed operator's station must not be
in direct line with the chipper blades. Suitable safeguards must be installed
to prevent chips or chunks from being thrown out and striking the person
feeding the machine.
(6) When the
operator cannot readily observe the material being fed into the chipper, a
mirror or other device must be installed in such a position that the ingoing
material can be monitored.
(7)
Metal bars or other nonchippable devices must not be used to clear jams or
plug-up at the feed entrance to a chipper or hog while the machine is
running.
(8) Water wheel speed
governor.
(a) Water wheels, when directly
connected to marker disks or grinders, must be provided with speed governors,
if operated with gate wide open; and
(b) Water wheels directly connected to pulp
grinders must be provided with speed governors limiting the peripheral speed of
the grinder to that recommended by the manufacturer.
(9) Knot cleaners of the woodpecker type.
(a) The operators of knot cleaners of the
woodpecker type must wear eye protection equipment; and
(b) Such knot cleaners should be enclosed to
protect passersby from flying chips.
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040 and 49.17.050. 99-16-083, § 296-79-270, filed 8/3/99, effective 11/3/99; Order 74-24, § 296-79-270, filed 5/6/74; Order 70-6, § 296-79-270, filed 7/10/70, effective 8/10/70.
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