PDFWAC 296-307-18503
Powered saws.
(1) The employer must ensure that all cracked saw blades are removed from service, except as indicated in WAC 296-307-18515(6).
(2) Inserting a wedge between a saw disk and its collar to form a "wobble saw" for rabbeting or dadoing is prohibited.
Exception: | This does not apply to properly designed adjustable rabbeting blades. |
(3) The employer must provide and ensure that employees use push sticks or push blocks in sizes and types suitable for the work to be done.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 20-21-091, § 296-307-18503, filed 10/20/20, effective 11/20/20. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.040. WSR 98-24-096, § 296-307-18503, filed 12/1/98, effective 3/1/99. WSR 97-09-013, recodified as § 296-307-18503, filed 4/7/97, effective 4/7/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.040, [49.17.]050 and [49.17.]060. WSR 96-22-048, § 296-306A-18503, filed 10/31/96, effective 12/1/96.]