WAC 296-806-425
Summary. If your specific food
processing machine or operation is not listed here, then
follow any facilities requirements in this section along with
the "Requirements for all machines" found in this chapter, WAC 296-806-200 and 296-806-300.
This section applies to:
• All businesses that manufacture or process food,
whether or not they are contained inside food stores;
AND
• The design, installation, operations, and maintenance
of machinery and equipment used in the food processing
industry.
Your responsibility:
To protect employees from hazards associated with food
processing facilities and machines.
You must:
FACILITIES
Provide locks on chamber doors of large air conditioning
units
WAC 296-806-42502.
Use proper door locks on rack-type bread coolers
WAC 296-806-42504.
Provide see-through panels on fermentation room doors
WAC 296-806-42506.
Cover exposed hot pipes
WAC 296-806-42508.
Provide extension piping on stationary lubrication
fittings
WAC 296-806-42510.
Provide hoods for pan-washing tanks
WAC 296-806-42512.
Safeguard proof boxes
WAC 296-806-42514.
Safeguard storage bins
WAC 296-806-42516.
MATERIAL HANDLING
Follow these design requirements for bag lifts (bag arm
elevators) and chutes
WAC 296-806-42518.
Follow these requirements for chain tackle
WAC 296-806-42520.
Safeguard conveyors
WAC 296-806-42522.
Use properly designed covers for screw conveyors (augers)
WAC 296-806-42524.
Safeguard pallet jacks and hand trucks
WAC 296-806-42526.
SPECIFIC FOOD PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
Safeguard bakery slicers
WAC 296-806-42528.
Safeguard bakery wrapping machines
WAC 296-806-42530.
Provide troughs with antifriction-bearing casters
WAC 296-806-42532.
Follow these requirements for trough hoists and similar
equipment
WAC 296-806-42534.
Follow these requirements for dividers
WAC 296-806-42536.
Safeguard manually-fed dough and cross-roll brakes
WAC 296-806-42538.
Provide a guard or tripping device on reversible dough
brakes
WAC 296-806-42540.
Follow these requirements for doughnut machines
WAC 296-806-42542.
Follow these requirements for dumpbins and blenders
WAC 296-806-42544.
Follow these requirements for flour-handling machines
WAC 296-806-42546.
Follow these requirements for traveling or track-type
flour scales
WAC 296-806-42548.
Follow these requirements for food grinders and cutters
WAC 296-806-42550.
Provide covers with interlocks on ingredient premixers,
emulsifiers, and similar machines
WAC 296-806-42552.
Follow these requirements for open fat kettles
WAC 296-806-42554.
Follow these requirements for steam kettles
WAC 296-806-42556.
Follow these requirements for chocolate melting,
refining, and mixing kettles
WAC 296-806-42558.
Safeguard meat-processing equipment (circular
meat-cutting saws)
WAC 296-806-42560.
Follow these requirements for horizontal dough mixers
WAC 296-806-42562.
Follow these requirements for vertical mixers
WAC 296-806-42564.
Follow these requirements for mechanical-feed moulders
WAC 296-806-42566.
Follow these requirements for hand-fed moulders
WAC 296-806-42568.
Design, install, and construct your ovens according to
these requirements
WAC 296-806-42570.
Properly locate emergency "stop" buttons and main shut
off valves for ovens
WAC 296-806-42572.
Inspect and test safety devices on ovens
WAC 296-806-42574.
Follow these requirements for peanut-cooling trucks
WAC 296-806-42576.
Follow these requirements for pretzel-rolling,
pretzel-stick extruding, rotary, and die machines
WAC 296-806-42578.
Safeguard box and roll-type dough sheeters
WAC 296-806-42580.
Provide proper enclosures for sifters
WAC 296-806-42582.
Follow these requirements for sugar and spice pulverizers
WAC 296-806-42584.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050,
and 49.17.060. 04-14-028, § 296-806-425, filed 6/29/04,
effective 1/1/05.]