WAC 296-806-41502   Safeguard hazardous moving parts of stationary compactors.  

     You must:

     • Prevent the compactor from operating while employees have any body parts in the compactor or hazard area.

     • Provide a safeguarding method that prevents employees from putting hands, fingers, or any body part into the compactor during operation.

Note:	Examples of safeguarding methods include:
	• Making sure the compactor will not compact material while the gate or door is open.
	• Installing a guard, loading hopper, or enclosure at least forty-two inches high that prevents:
	– Entry of hands, fingers, or any body part into the loading chamber during operation.
	– An operator from being caught between moving parts of the equipment and material.
	– The creation of any hazard between the guard and moving parts.
	• You may also provide sustained manual pressure controls located so the operator cannot reach, but can still see, the point of operation if a guard is not used.

Reference:

For additional requirements when adjusting or clearing jams from compactors, see Lockout/tagout (control of hazardous energy), chapter 296-803 WAC.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 04-14-028, § 296-806-41502, filed 6/29/04, effective 1/1/05.]