Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 49 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Article 1 - HOURS AND WORKING CONDITIONS; WOMEN AND MINORS
Section 49-1-56 - Occupations involved in the operation of power-driven woodworking machines
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 49-1-56
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(1) Occupations.
(a) The occupation of operating
power-driven woodworking machines including supervising or controlling the
operation of such machines, feeding material into such machines, and helping
the operator to feed material into such machines, but not including the placing
of material on a moving chain or in a hopper or slide for automatic feeding.
(b) The occupations of setting up,
adjusting, repairing, oiling, or cleaning power-driven woodworking machines.
(c) The operations of off-bearing
from circular saws and from guillotine-action veneer clippers.
(2) Definitions.
(a) The term "power-driven woodworking
machines" shall mean all fixed or portable machines or tools driven by power
and used or designed for cutting, shaping, forming, surfacing, nailing,
stapling, wire stitching, fastening, or otherwise assembling, pressing, or
printing wood or veneer.
(b) The
term "off-bearing" shall mean the removal of material or refuse directly from a
saw table or from the point of operation. Operations not considered as
off-bearing within the intent of this section include:
(1) The removal of material or refuse from a
circular saw or guillotine-action veneer clipper where the material or refuse
has been conveyed away from the saw table or point of operation by a gravity
chute or by some mechanical means such as a moving belt or expulsion roller,
and
(2) The following operations
when they do not involve the removal of material or refuse directly from a saw
table or from a point of operation: the carrying, moving, or transporting of
materials from one machine to another or from one part of a plant to another;
the piling, stacking, or arranging of materials for feeding into a machine by
another person; and the sorting, tying, bundling, or loading of materials.
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