WAC 296-806-480   Summary.  If your specific machine or operation is not listed here, then be sure to follow any of the following requirements that apply:

     • General requirements for all saws and cutting heads in this section.

     • General requirements for all saws in this section.

     • General requirements for all cutting heads in this section.

     • "Requirements for all machines" found in this chapter, WAC 296-806-200 and 296-806-300.

Reference:

For requirements on hand-held tools, see Portable power tools, chapter 296-807 WAC.

     This section applies to fixed machines using saws or cutting heads that are used on any material.

     Your responsibility:

     To make sure machines using saws and cutting heads meet these requirements.

     You must:

     GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL SAWS AND CUTTING HEADS

     Protect employees using saws and cutting heads

     WAC 296-806-48002.

     Make sure saws and cutting heads are sharpened and tensioned by qualified people

     WAC 296-806-48004.

     SAWS

     General Requirements for All Saws

     Make sure saws are safe to use

     WAC 296-806-48006.

     Requirements for All Circular Saws

     Make sure all circular saws meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-48008.

     Make sure circular saw gages meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-48010.

     Guard hand-fed circular table saws

     WAC 296-806-48012.

     Provide kickback protection for employees using hand-fed circular table ripsaws when ripping wood

     WAC 296-806-48014.

     Safeguard self-feed circular saws

     WAC 296-806-48016.

     Provide kickback protection for self-feed circular ripsaws when ripping wood

     WAC 296-806-48018.

     Guard circular resaws

     WAC 296-806-48020.

     Provide spreaders for circular resaws

     WAC 296-806-48022.

     Requirements for Specific Circular Saws

     Protect employees from automatic saw hazards

     WAC 296-806-48024.

     Guard inverted swing (jump) saws

     WAC 296-806-48026.

     Guard miter saws

     WAC 296-806-48028.

     Guard radial saws

     WAC 296-806-48030.

     Limit the travel of radial saws

     WAC 296-806-48032.

     Provide kickback protection for radial saws used for ripping wood

     WAC 296-806-48034.

     Guard revolving double arbor saws

     WAC 296-806-48036.

     Guard swing saws

     WAC 296-806-48038.

     Limit the travel of swing saws

     WAC 296-806-48040.

     Requirements for Band Saws and Drag Saws

     Make sure bandsaws meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-48042.

     Protect employees from drag saw hazards

     WAC 296-806-48044.

     CUTTING HEADS

     General Requirements for All Cutting Heads

     Maintain and balance knives and cutting heads

     WAC 296-806-48046.

     BORING AND MORTISING MACHINES

     Make sure boring and mortising machines meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-48048.

     CHIPPER AND HOG MILLS

     Follow these requirements for chipper mills

     WAC 296-806-48050.

     Follow these requirements for hog mills

     WAC 296-806-48052.

     Protect employees from falling into chipper and hog mills

     WAC 296-806-48054.

     JOINTERS

     Make sure jointers with horizontal cutting heads meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-48056.

     Guard horizontal cutting heads on hand-fed jointers

     WAC 296-806-48058.

     Guard vertical cutting heads on jointers

     WAC 296-806-48060.

     MOLDING, STICKING AND MATCHING MACHINES

     Make sure molding, sticking and matching machines meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-48062.

     PANEL RAISERS AND OTHER SIMILAR MACHINES

     Guard hand-fed panel raisers and other similar machines

     WAC 296-806-48064.

     PLANERS

     Make sure planers with a horizontal cutting head meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-48066.

     Guard planers

     WAC 296-806-48068.

     Guard planer feed rolls

     WAC 296-806-48070.

     Provide kickback protection on planers running stock of varied thicknesses

     WAC 296-806-48072.

     SHAPERS

     Make sure shapers meet these requirements

     WAC 296-806-48074.

     TENONING MACHINES

     Guard tenoning machines feed chains and sprockets

     WAC 296-806-48076.

     Guard tenoning machines

     WAC 296-806-48078.

     VENEER MACHINERY

     Guard veneer cutters and wringer knives

     WAC 296-806-48080.

     Guard veneer clippers

     WAC 296-806-48082.

     Follow these requirements for guarding guillotine cutters

     WAC 296-806-48084.

     Provide mechanisms to stop power-driven guillotine cutters

     WAC 296-806-48086.

     Prohibit riders on veneer slicer carriages

     WAC 296-806-48088.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 04-14-028, § 296-806-480, filed 6/29/04, effective 1/1/05.]