California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders
Group 6 - Power Transmission Equipment, Prime Movers, Machines and Machine Parts
Article 41 - Prime Movers and Machinery
Section 4002 - Moving Parts of Machinery or Equipment

Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 4002

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) All machines, parts of machines, or component parts of machines which create hazardous revolving, reciprocating, running, shearing, punching, pressing, squeezing, drawing, cutting, rolling, mixing or similar action, including pinch points and shear points, not guarded by the frame of the machine(s) or by location, shall be guarded.

(b) Keys, set screws, projections or recesses which create a hazard not guarded by the frame of the machine or by location shall be removed, made flush or guarded.

NOTE: Section 4002 does not apply to points of operation. For point-of-operation requirements, refer to Group 8, commencing with Section 4184.

1. Repealer and new section filed 10-25-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No. 43).
2. Amendment filed 11-17-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 47).

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

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