Washington Administrative Code
Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of
Chapter 296-78 - Safety standards for sawmills and woodworking operations
Section 296-78-56507 - Log decks
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Dry deck storage.
(2) Employees must not spool cable on winch or drums with their hands.
(3) Log wells must be provided with safeguard to prevent logs from rolling back into well off log deck.
(4) Jump skids on log decks must be installed in grooves in a manner that they cannot work out onto the carriage way.
(5) Log decks must be provided with effective means to prevent logs from accidentally rolling down the deck onto the carriage or its runway.
(6) A barricade or other positive stop must be erected between the sawyer's stand and the log deck to protect the sawyer from rolling logs. Such barricade or stop must be of sufficient strength to stop any log.
(7) Chains from overhead canting gear or other equipment must not be allowed to hang over the log deck in such manner as to endanger workers.
(8) Canting gear control levers must be arranged so that they move away from the carriage to operate.
(9) Moving parts or equipment on or about log decks must be guarded.
(10) Peavies, canthooks and other hand tools must be kept in good repair at all times.
(11) Workers must not go below logs on decks that are likely to roll or be rolled. Means of access must be provided to the head rig which does not subject employees to the hazard of moving logs or equipment.
Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.040, 49.17.050 and 49.17.240. 81-18-029 (Order 81-21), § 296-78-56507, filed 8/27/81.