Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-78 - Safety standards for sawmills and woodworking operations › Section 296-78-570 - Band saws-Saws

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
			 Band head rigs must be given a thorough daily inspection and any deficiency
			 reported and corrected.
(2) Any
			 band saw found to have developed a crack greater than one-tenth the width of
			 the saw must be removed from service until the width of the saw is reduced to
			 eliminate the crack, the cracked section is removed, or the development of the
			 crack is arrested by welding.
(3)
			 Band saws must not be continued in use of the head rig for which they have been
			 designed after they have been reduced forty percent in width.
(4) Leather gloves, or equivalent hand
			 protection, must be worn by employees while changing band saws.
(5) All head band saw wheels must have a
			 minimum rim thickness of five-eighths inch, except for a distance of not to
			 exceed one inch from the front edge of the wheel.
(6) Provisions must be made for alerting and
			 warning employees before starting band head saws, and measures must be taken to
			 ensure that all persons are in the clear.
(7) No band saw must be run at a peripheral
			 speed in excess of that recommended by the manufacturer. The manufacturer's
			 recommended maximum speed must be stamped in plainly legible figures on some
			 portion of the assembly.
(8) A band
			 wheel that has developed a crack in the rim must be immediately removed from
			 service. If a crack has developed in a spoke, the wheel must be removed from
			 service until repaired.
(9) All
			 band wheels must be completely encased or guarded on both sides. The exposed
			 part of the saw blade on the uptravel between the two wheels must be encased,
			 and no portion of the blade exposed, except such part of the cutting edge as is
			 essential for sawing the material at hand.
(10) All band wheel guards must be
			 constructed of not less than ten U.S. gauge metal, or not less than two inch
			 wood material or equivalent, attached to the frames. Ventilating ports must not
			 exceed 2 x 4 inches in size. Openings necessary for lubrication or repair of
			 the saw must have doors or gates of equivalent strength to the remainder of the
			 guard, and such doors or gates must be securely closed during
			 operation.
(11) Every band mill
			 must be equipped with a saw catcher, rest or guard of substantial
			 construction.
(12) All band saws
			 other than head mills must be enclosed or guarded except the working side of
			 the blade between the guide and the table. The guard for the portion of the saw
			 between the sliding guide and the upper saw wheel guard must be adjusted with
			 the guide.
(13) Each gang ripper of
			 band or straight saw type must have the cutting edges of the saw guarded by a
			 hood or screen secured to the framework of the machine.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 96-17-056, §
				  296-78-570, filed 8/20/96, effective 10/15/96. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  49.17.040,
				  49.17.050 and
				  49.17.240. 81-18-029 (Order
				  81-21), § 296-78-570, filed
				  8/27/81.