Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Labor and Economic Opportunity
MIOSHA
General Industry and Construction Safety and Occupational Health Standards
General Industry Safety Standards
Part 14 - CONVEYORS
SPECIFIC CONVEYORS
Section R. 408.11461 - Clothing, jewelry and fire precautions

(1) Loose clothing and jewelry, including, but not limited to, long or floppy sleeves or pants with large pantlegs or cuffs, rings, wrist watches, bracelets, ties, and scarves shall not be worn around conveyors where they constitute a hazard to an employee.

(2) Where combustibles, such as, but not limited to, coal or grain, are conveyed or stored, and where a fire caused by slippage between a drive pulley and a belt would create a hazard, the conveyor shall be equipped with a device so adjusted that a 5% loss of full load rated speed of the belt shall shut down the belt drive.