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Subchapter 7. General Industry Safety Orders
Group 8. Points of Operation and Other Hazardous Parts of Machinery
Article 69. Food and Tobacco Machinery
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§4540. Pressure Bottling Machine.


Pressure bottling machines shall be provided with an enclosure. The enclosure shall extend downward at sides and rear to a point level with that part of the machine on which the bottle stands while being filled, and upward to a point of at least four inches higher than the top of the bottle, and be so constructed that each bottle, when being filled, shall be protected similarly by a solid guard on the side facing the operator. When the bottling is done under a pressure of more than 75 pounds per square inch, such enclosure shall be constructed of metal not less than No. 12 U.S. Standard gage.

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

HISTORY

1. Amendment filed 5-1-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 19).

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