Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Labor and Economic Opportunity › MIOSHA › General Industry and Construction Safety and Occupational Health Standards › General Industry Safety Standards › Part 63 - PULP, PAPER, AND PAPERBOARD MILLS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 408.16331 - Material handling

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 6331.
(1)
						A mechanical lifting device shall be provided and used to place and remove
						rolls of paper and paperboard from a machine.
(2) An escape hatch shall be provided where
						doors on an enclosed cab provided on a powered industrial truck may be blocked
						by special equipment.
(3) A crane,
						powered industrial truck, or other wood handling equipment, except over the
						road vehicles, having a cab with windows shall have all windows protected by a
						screen made of steel rods not less than 7/16 inch in diameter with openings not
						more than 4 by 4 inches or 2 by 6 inches.
(4) Where a hooker or hatch tender is used,
						the operator of a cab style crane shall respond to the hooker's or hatch
						tender's signals. The signals for an overhead crane shall be as prescribed in
						Table 1 'Standard Hand Signals for Controlling Overhead and Gantry Cranes.' The
						signals for a boom type crane shall be as prescribed in Table 2 'Hand Signals
						for Boom-Type Cranes.'
(5) A
						blower used to transport rags shall be provided a feed hopper with the opening
						not less than 48 inches from the fan. The blower outlet must not allow material
						to fall on an employee.
(6)
						Railroad cars shall not be spotted on tracks adjacent to the locomotive cranes
						unless a 24-inch clearance is maintained, as prescribed in
						R
						408.16342(1).
(7) The handling and storage of other
						materials shall conform to
						R 408.16342(1)
						and (2) with respect to clearance.
(8) Handles of wood hooks shall be locked to
						the shank to prevent them from rotating.
(9) An employee shall not ride on a powered
						hand truck unless it is so designed by the manufacturer. A limit switch shall
						be on the operating handle 30 degrees each way from a 45-degree angle up and
						down beyond which the drive motor is electrically disconnected and braking
						action commences.
(10) Whenever
						possible, all dust, fumes, and gases incident to handling materials shall be
						controlled at the source, in accordance with ANSI Standard Z9.2 "Fundamentals
						Governing the Design and Operation of Local Exhaust Ventilation Systems," 1960
						edition, as adopted in
						R
						408.16302. Where control at the source is not
						possible, an employer shall provide respirators with goggles or protective
						masks, and employees shall wear them when handling alum, clay, soda, ash, lime,
						bleach powder, sulfur, chlorine, and similar materials, and when opening rag
						bales.
(11) Hoods of cutters,
						shredders, and dusters shall have exhaust ventilation in accordance with ANSI
						Standard Z9.2 "Fundamentals Governing the Design and Operation of Local Exhaust
						Ventilation Systems," 1960 edition, as adopted in
						R
						408.16302.
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