WAC 296-806-200   Summary.  This section applies to all machines in your workplace. It is organized into the following four categories:

     • General requirements.

     • Safeguarding requirements.

     • Safeguarding methods.

     • Requirements for specific machine hazards.

Reference:	• In addition to the requirements in this section, you need to refer to the following sections of this chapter in order to determine if additional requirements are listed for machines or operations in your workplace:
	– Additional requirements for some machines and machine operations, WAC 296-806-400.
	• For requirements that apply to hand-held tools, see Portable power tools, chapter 296-807 WAC.

     Your responsibility:    

     To protect employees from machine hazards in your workplace.

     You must:

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS     WORKPLACE

     Secure machines designed to stay in one place

     WAC 296-806-20002.

     Protect employees from slipping hazards around machinery

     WAC 296-806-20004.

     Arrange work areas to avoid creating hazards

     WAC 296-806-20006.

     MACHINE CONTROLS AND OPERATION

     Make sure operating controls meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-20008.

     Protect employees from unintentional machine operation

     WAC 296-806-20010.

     Make sure emergency stop controls meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-20012.

     Control machine vibration

     WAC 296-806-20014.

     Prevent overspeed conditions

     WAC 296-806-20016.

     Make sure hand feeding and retrieval tools meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-20018.

     Protect employees who are adjusting or repairing machinery

     WAC 296-806-20020.

     POWER TRANSMISSION PARTS

     Keep power transmission parts in good working condition

     WAC 296-806-20022.

     Inspect power transmission parts

     WAC 296-806-20024.

     Protect employees lubricating moving machinery

     WAC 296-806-20026.

SAFEGUARDING REQUIREMENTS     SAFEGUARD MACHINERY

     Safeguard employees from the point of operation

     WAC 296-806-20028.

     Safeguard employees from nip or shear point hazards

     WAC 296-806-20030.

     Safeguard employees from rotating or revolving parts

     WAC 296-806-20032.

     Safeguard employees from reciprocating or other moving parts

     WAC 296-806-20034.

     Safeguard employees from flying objects

     WAC 296-806-20036.

     Safeguard employees from falling objects

     WAC 296-806-20038.

     Safeguard employees from hazards created by moving surfaces with hazards such as sharp edges, burrs, and protruding nails and bolts

     WAC 296-806-20040.

     SAFEGUARDING METHODS

     Guards

     Make sure guards meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-20042.

     Devices

     Make sure devices meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-20044.

     Make sure light curtains meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-20046.

     Make sure pressure-sensitive mats meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-20048.

     Make sure restraint or pullback devices meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-20050.

     Make sure two-hand devices meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-20052.

     Make sure devices used with barrier guards meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-20054.

     Distance

     Make sure safeguarding by distance meets these requirements

     WAC 296-806-20056.

     Make sure guardrails used for safeguarding meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-20058.

     REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC MACHINE HAZARDS

     Fit arbors and mandrels to the machine

     WAC 296-806-30002.

     Safeguard belt and rope drives

     WAC 296-806-30004.

     Make sure belt or rope drives meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-30006.

     Protect employees while shifting belts on belt and pulley drives

     WAC 296-806-30008.

     Make sure belt tighteners meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-30010.

     Safeguard cams, connecting rods, tail rods, and extension piston rods

     WAC 296-806-30012.

     Safeguard chain and sprocket drives

     WAC 296-806-30014.

     Safeguard fan blades

     WAC 296-806-30016.

     Safeguard flywheels

     WAC 296-806-30018.

     Safeguard gears

     WAC 296-806-30020.

     Safeguard projections on moving parts

     WAC 296-806-30022.

     Safeguard pulleys

     WAC 296-806-30024.

     Make sure pulleys meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-30026.

     Safeguard revolving drums, barrels, and containers

     WAC 296-806-30028.

     Safeguard shafting

     WAC 296-806-30030.

     Make sure shafting meets these requirements

     WAC 296-806-30032.

     Safeguard unused keyways

     WAC 296-806-30034.

     Make sure revolving collars meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-30036.

     Safeguard counterweights

     WAC 296-806-30038.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 04-14-028, § 296-806-200, filed 6/29/04, effective 1/1/05.]