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Subchapter 7. General Industry Safety Orders
Group 8. Points of Operation and Other Hazardous Parts of Machinery
Article 56. Metal Working Machines
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§4234. Wire Drawing Machines (Class B).


(a) Blocks shall be equipped with a stopping device so arranged that it will automatically shut down the block in case the operator should be caught on the block and be carried around it, or

(b) A device along the operating side of a continuous drawing frame or unit so designed that pressure against the device will initiate instantly the process of stopping the machine.

(c) Reels shall be equipped with a stopping device so arranged that it will automatically shut down the block in case the operator should be caught in the wire as it runs from the reel, or in case the reel should be drawn up to the frame.

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.

HISTORY

1. New NOTE filed 12-16-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 51).

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