WAC 296-807-18030   Use specific safety guards for vertical and angle grinders using Type 27, 28 and 29 wheels.  

     You must:

     • Make sure safety guards:

     – Cover the wheel's plane of rotation toward the operator for at least one hundred eighty degrees

     – Cover the side of the wheel toward the driving flange for at least one hundred eighty degrees

     – Have a lip on the outer edge that:

     ▪ Extends beyond the surface of the wheel throughout the one hundred eighty degree coverage

     AND

     ▪ Curls inward to deflect wheel fragments.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040,[49.17].050 , and [49.17].060. 03-09-009, § 296-807-18030, filed 4/4/03, effective 8/1/03.]