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 69 - Food and Tobacco Machinery
Section 4554 - Hand-Fed Food Patty Machines
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Feed trays shall be interlocked to stop operation of the machine when the tray is removed, and shall be equipped with a permanently affixed finger guard which will prevent the operator's fingers from coming in contact with the point of operation.
EXCEPTION: Machines in which the throat opening to the feeding mechanism is permanently guarded.
(b) The shear and nip point(s) on the discharge side of the machine created by the reciprocating plate and the machine frame in the area of the knockout cup shall be guarded.
(c) Contact with the shear and nip point(s) formed by the reciprocating plate and machine frame at the discharge side of the machine shall be prevented by one of the following means:
(d) The machine shall be equipped with electrical interlocks which are designed to stop operation when the shear and nip point guards in subsections (b) and (c) are open or have been removed.
NOTE: A jogging device may be provided where necessary to make adjustments to the machine.
1. New section filed 2-25-91; operative 3-27-91; (Register 91, No. 15).
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.
