Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Labor and Economic Opportunity
MIOSHA
General Industry and Construction Safety and Occupational Health Standards
General Industry Safety Standards
Part 52 - SAWMILLS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section R. 408.15211 - Employer responsibilities
Universal Citation: MI Admin Code R. 408.15211
Current through Vol. 24-16, September 15, 2024
Rule 5211.
(1) An employer shall do all of the following:
(a)
Provide training to each employee as to hazards and safe operation of the
assigned job.
(b) Maintain
machinery, equipment, buildings, ramps, platforms, and aisles in a hazard-free
condition. When a hazardous condition develops concerning floors, docks, and
passageways that cannot be immediately repaired, the area shall be guarded
until adequate repairs are made.
(c) Provide head protection which shall be
used by all employees outside the office, including those in the dry storage
area, as prescribed in General Industry Safety and Health Standard Part 33
"Personal Protective Equipment," as referenced in
R 408.15209.
(d) Provide, and an employee shall use, eye
protection as prescribed in General Industry Safety and Health Standard Part 33
"Personal Protective Equipment," as referenced in
R 408.15209. If impact resistance
is not required, the employee may wear a steel wire or nylon mesh screen, or
equivalent, mounted on a protective helmet. The screen shall be of sufficient
strength to protect the face to below the nose from chips or sawdust from the
saw.
(e) Provide an approved life
jacket to an employee working over water, at no expense to the
employee.
(f) Install all gas
piping and appliances as prescribed in ANSI standard Z21.30 "Installation of
Gas Appliances and Gas Piping," 1964 edition, as referenced in
R 408.15209.
(2) Physical hazard color identification marking shall be in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) Red shall be the basic color for the
identification of any of the following:
(i)
Fire protection equipment and apparatus.
(ii) Danger, such as any of the following:
(A) Safety cans or other portable containers
of flammable liquids having a flash point at or below 80º F.
(B) Table containers of flammable liquids,
open cup tester, excluding shipping containers, shall be painted red with some
additional clearly visible identification either in the form of a yellow band
around the can or the name of the contents conspicuously stenciled or painted
on the can in yellow.
(C) Red
lights shall be provided at barricades and at temporary obstructions.
(D) Danger signs shall be painted
red.
(iii) Stop, shall
apply to both of the following:
(A) Emergency
stop bars on hazardous machines such as rubber mills, wire blocks, flat work
ironers, and others, shall be red.
(B) Stop buttons or electrical switches where
letters or other markings appear, and are used for emergency stopping of
machinery shall be red.
(b) Yellow shall be the basic color for
designating caution and for marking physical hazards for as any of the
following:
(i) Striking against.
(ii) Stumbling.
(iii) Falling.
(iv) Tripping.
(v) "Caught in between."
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