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 8 - Points of Operation and Other Hazardous Parts of Machinery
Article 56 - Metal Working Machines
Section 4234 - Wire Drawing Machines (Class B)

Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 4234

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

(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.

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

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

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