California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders › Group 8 - Points of Operation and Other Hazardous Parts of Machinery › Article 64 - Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Mills › Section 4423 - Paper Machines

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) An
						audible alarm shall be sounded prior to starting up any section of a pulp or
						paper machine. Sufficient time shall be allowed between activation of the alarm
						system and start-up of the equipment to allow any persons to clear the
						hazardous area.
(b) Feeder belts,
						carrier ropes, air carriage or other equally effective means shall be provided
						for starting paper into the nip of drum type reels.
NOTE: 1: A rope-carrying system should be used whenever
						  possible at points of transfer.
NOTE: 2: Sheaves should be spaced so that they do not
						  create a nip point with each other, and the sheave and its support should be
						  capable of withstanding all intended forces.
(c) To remove deposits from rolls, a
						specially designed hand-held scraper tool shall be used.
(d) Scraping of rolls shall be performed on
						the outgoing nip side.
(e) Reels
						shall stop rotating before being lifted away from the reel frame.
(f) All lifting equipment (clamps, cables,
						and slings) shall be maintained in a safe condition and inspected
						regularly.
(g) All drum winder nip
						points shall be guarded.
NOTE: Machines should be set up with the drums running
						  outward.
(h) All winder
						shafts equipped with a winder collar guide shall have a guide rail to align the
						shaft for easy entrance into the opened rewind shaft bearing housings.
NOTE: If the winder is large and the rewind shafts are
						  too heavy for manual insertion, powered rewind shaft injectors should be
						  employed.
(i) Core collar
						set screws used for the securing of core collars to winding and unwinding
						shafts shall not protrude above the face of the collar. All edges of the collar
						with which an operator's hand comes in contact shall be beveled to remove all
						sharp corners.
(j) Shaftless
						winders shall be provided with a barrier guard of sufficient strength and size
						to confine the rolls in the event they become dislodged while
						running.
(k) All calendar stacks
						and spreader bars shall be grounded as protection against shock induced by
						static electricity.
(l) All exposed
						sole plates between dryers, calenders, reels and rewinders shall have a
						non-skid type surface.
(m) When a
						powered roll ejector is used, it shall be interlocked to prevent actuation
						until the receiving platform or roll lowering table is in position to receive
						the roll.
(n) Unless
						counterbalanced to prevent falling, the rider roll shall be secured when in the
						raised position.
1.
						  Repealer and new section filed 9-15-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						  (Register 86, No. 38).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code.