Oklahoma § 45-916 - Equipment - Rules and procedures

§ 45-916. Equipment - Rules and procedures

The following rules and procedures shall be complied with in

dealing with the use of equipment:

1. Gears, sprockets, chains, drive, head, tail and take-up

pulleys, flywheels, couplings, shafts, saw blades, fan inlets and

similar exposed moving machine parts which may cause injury to

persons shall be guarded;

2. Overhead belts shall be guarded if the whipping action from

a broken belt would be hazardous to persons below;

3. Guards at conveyor drive, head and tail pulleys shall be

sufficient to prevent a person from reaching behind the guard and

becoming caught between the belt and the pulley;

4. Protruding set screws on revolving parts shall be guarded;

5. Except when testing the machinery, guards shall be securely

in place while machinery is being operated;

6. Guards shall be sufficiently strong and maintained to

provide the required protection;

7. Stationary grinding machines other than special bit grinders

shall be equipped with:

a. peripheral hoods, less than ninety-degree throat

openings, capable of withstanding the force of a bursting wheel,

b. adjustable tool rests set as close as practical

to the wheel, and

c. safety washers;

8. Face shields or goggles, in good condition, shall be worn

when operating a grinding wheel;

9. Hand-held power tools, other than rock drills, shall be

equipped with controls requiring constant hand or finger pressure to

operate the tools or shall be equipped with friction or other

equivalent safety devices;

10. Guards or shields shall be provided in areas where flying

or falling materials present a hazard;

11. Vehicles such as forklifts, trucks, front-end loaders and

bulldozers shall be provided with roll bar protection when necessary

to protect the operator;

12. Forklifts, trucks, front-end loaders and bulldozers shall

be provided with substantial canopies when necessary to protect the

operator against falling material;

13. Unsafe equipment or machinery shall be removed from

service immediately;

14. Machinery and equipment shall be operated only by

authorized and experienced persons;

15. Repairs or maintenance shall not be performed on machinery

until the power is off and the machinery is blocked against motion,

except when machinery motion is necessary to make adjustments or

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when non-energized components of large machinery can be safely

repaired while the machine is operating;

16. Men shall not work on mobile equipment in a raised

position until it has been blocked in place securely. This does not

preclude the use of equipment specifically designed, such as

elevated mobile work platforms;

17. Drive belts shall not be shifted while in motion unless

the machines are equipped with mechanical shifters;

18. Belts, chains, and/or ropes shall not be guided onto

power-driven moving equipment especially designed for hand feeding;

19. Pulleys or conveyors shall not be cleaned manually while

the conveyor is in motion;

20. Belt dressing shall not be applied manually while belts

are in motion unless an aerosol-type dressing is used; and

21. Machinery shall not be lubricated while in motion when a

hazard exists unless equipped with extended fittings or cups.

Laws 1978, c. 148, § 16, emerg. eff. April 7, 1978.