Circular cut-off power knives or blades, used to cut rubber or plastic stock to length, shall be guarded.
All manually fed guillotine bale cutters shall be equipped with a two-hand continuous control or a one-hand continuous control so located that the operator cannot reach the control and the danger zone at the same time.
Wind-ups, power driven auxiliary rolls or drums and festoon rolls, around which material travels, when exposed to contact, shall be provided with readily accessible safety trips or devices to disengage them from their immediate source of power.
Hose winding machines shall have a clutch or starting treadle running the full length of the machine so that the machine will stop automatically when the clutch or starting treadle is released.
An interlocking device shall be provided to prevent the admission of water, steam, or pressure into the unit before it is fully closed and locked to prevent the unit from being opened while it is under any residual pressure.
Brake capacity shall be sufficient to stop the motion quickly and capable of holding the moving parts at any point in their travel. Where friction brakes, equipped with release devices, are provided for stopping or holding moving parts of a press, postcure inflator, or accessories, they shall be set with compression springs and released by electrical, pneumatic, or mechanical means. Brakes that require electrical or pneumatic power to apply a holding force shall not be used.
A locking device shall be provided on doors in the open position to prevent them from closing accidentally on employees working underneath.
Molds shall be provided with lugs or handles for use when inserting or removing the molds from the platen presses by hand, otherwise a hook shall be provided for the purpose.
Where tracks are used with platen presses they shall be equipped with stops to prevent the molds from being pulled or pushed off the tracks.
Work tables used with platen presses ranging in sizes up to and including twenty-four inches wide by twenty-four inches long shall be equipped with stops to prevent the molds from being accidentally pulled off the front of the bench.
Work tables used with platen presses shall be no smaller than the press platens.
Compression and transfer molding machines shall be equipped with either:
Ohio Admin. Code 4123:1-13-04
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4121.12, 4121.121, 4121.13, Const. Art. II, Section 35
Rule Amplifies: 4121.13
Prior Effective Dates: 04/01/1964, 01/01/1982
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 10/02/2014 and 10/01/2019
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4121.12, 4121.121, 4121.13, Const. Art. II, Section 35
Rule Amplifies: 4121.13
Prior Effective Dates: 4/1/64, 1/1/82