California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 13 - Logging and Sawmill Safety Orders › Article 15 - Sawmills › Section 6358 - Edgers

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Edgers shall be
					 housed with a guard of No. 8 gauge metal plate, or material of equivalent
					 strength, to close the openings in the end frames, cover the top, and guard the
					 front and back as far down as is practicable.
(b) On edgers equipped with automatic
					 setworks, the circuits which control the saw setting mechanism shall be
					 interlocked with the pressure rolls and the edger picker in such a manner as to
					 prevent shifting of the saws while there is stock in the edger. In the event of
					 power failure, the saws and picker should lock in position without
					 shifting.
(c) All edgers with saw
					 arbors mounted below the feed rolls shall be equipped with an anti-kickback
					 device installed on the in-feed side, designed and maintained to be effective
					 for all thicknesses of materials. The tips of the fingers shall be hardened and
					 kept sharp. See Edger Anti-kickback Device Plate in Appendix A.
EXCEPTION: Edgers having counter rotating arbors which
						are mounted above and below the feed rolls and act in conjunction with constant
						pressure hold down rolls.
NOTE: This may not apply when the location of the edger
						renders the use of these devices unnecessary.
(d) All edgers with saw arbors mounted above
					 the feed rolls shall be equipped with effective anti-kickout devices or
					 barriers located on the outfeed side of the edgers.
(e) Edgers shall not be located in the main
					 roll case behind the head saws. They shall be offset at least 6 feet the husk
					 or mill side of the roll cases.
(f)
					 The pressure roll on edgers shall not be raised while stock is being run, or
					 when any person is in line with the saws.
(g) The edgerman shall not raise feed rolls
					 or fingers while standing in front of the edger, or reach between saws while
					 the edger is in operation.
(h) The
					 edgerman shall not put hands on cants being run through the edger after the
					 cant has become engaged by feed rolls.
(i) Live rolls in back of the edger shall
					 operate at a speed no less than the speed of the edger feed rolls.
(j) Tables in back of the edger shall be kept
					 clear of cants, edging, and obstacles that impair processing.
(k) Saws shall not be sharpened on the arbors
					 or changed, until the machine is positively disconnected from the power and
					 cannot be started without the knowledge of the employee doing the
					 sharpening.
(l) A controlling
					 device shall be installed and located so that the operator can stop the feed
					 mechanism without releasing the tension of the pressure rolls.
1.
						Editorial correction of subsection (d) filed 3-11-81 (Register 81, No.
						11).
2. Amendment of subsections (c), (d) and (j) filed 2-6-85;
						effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 6).
3.
						Amendment of subsection (c) filed 4-29-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						(Register 85, No. 18).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  142.3, Labor
						  Code. Reference: Section
						  142.3, Labor
						  Code.