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PDFWAC 296-807-18025

Use specific safety guards for vertical and angle grinders using Type 6 or Type 11 wheels.

(1) You must make sure the safety guard:

(a) Covers the wheel's plane of rotation toward the operator for at least one hundred eighty degrees;

(b) Covers the side of the wheel toward the driving flange for at least one hundred eighty degrees;

(2) You must make sure not to use a "revolving cup guard."

Note:

"Cup back bushings" do not substitute for safety guards.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050. WSR 15-23-086, § 296-807-18025, filed 11/17/15, effective 12/18/15. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040, [49.17].050, and [49.17].060. WSR 03-09-009, § 296-807-18025, filed 4/4/03, effective 8/1/03.]