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 66 - Textiles
Section 4475 - Commercial Sewing Machines

Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 4475

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

(a) The lower pulley nip points shall be guarded.

(b) The upper pulley nip points shall be guarded by a plate or structural shape the thickness of the minimum width of the v-belt. This guard shall fit between the runs of the v-belt and extend from at least three inches from the pulley's outer rim to within 1/8 -inch of and conforming to the arc of the perimeter of the pulley groove.

(c)

(1) On sewing machines having the pulley outboard of the handwheel or no handwheel at all, a disc guard with a rolled edge shall be installed on the outside of the pulley. The diameter of the disc shall be at least one and one-half inches greater than the root diameter of the v-belt pulley.

(2) On sewing machines with the pulley inboard of the handwheel, the diameter of the handwheel shall be at least one and one-half inches greater than the root diameter of the pulley, or a disc guard as described in (1) above shall be installed on the outside of the handwheel.

1. New section filed 8-18-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No. 34).
2. Amendment filed 2-24-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 9).

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

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