Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Labor and Economic Opportunity
MIOSHA
General Industry and Construction Safety and Occupational Health Standards
General Industry Safety Standards
Part 63 - PULP, PAPER, AND PAPERBOARD MILLS
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
Section R. 408.16346 - Barkers

(1) An employee shall not hold or have physical contact with the pulpwood during the barking operation.

(2) An employer shall provide barrier guards or enclosures to protect an employee in the area from flying particles from the barker.

(3) Two or more continuous barking drums installed side by side shall be provided with a walkway between each set with a guardrail system as prescribed in General Industry Safety and Health Standard Part 2 "Walking-Working Surfaces," as referenced in R 408.16302.

(4) When a platform or floor allows access to the sides of a drum barker, a guardrail system shall be installed as prescribed in General Industry Safety and Health Standard Part 2 "Walking-Working Surfaces," as referenced in R 408.16302.

(5) In-running nip points exposed to contact of trunnion rollers on a drum barker shall be guarded.

(6) An intermittent barking drum shall be equipped with a device that locks the drum while being loaded or unloaded.

(7) The loading and unloading ends of a hydraulic barker shall be equipped with baffles. The operator shall be protected by a barrier of 1/2 inch plexiglas or material of equivalent strength. A high pressure hose to a hydraulic barker shall be secured at the hose connection ends to prevent whipping if a connection fails.