Safeguard employees from the point of operation.
Important:
If a specific safeguarding method in this chapter is required for machinery or machine parts found in your workplace, follow the specific requirement.
In the absence of a specific safeguarding method required by this or some other chapter, you need to choose a method or combination of methods from the safeguarding requirements found in Safeguarding methods, WAC
296-806-20042 through
296-806-20058. Examples of safeguarding methods include:
1. Guards.
2. Devices.
3. Safeguarding by distance.
4. Safeguarding by location.
You must protect employees from hazards created by the point of operation by using one or more safeguarding methods.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
49.17.010,
49.17.040,
49.17.050,
49.17.060. WSR 15-24-102, § 296-806-20028, filed 12/1/15, effective 1/5/16; WSR 04-14-028, § 296-806-20028, filed 6/29/04, effective 1/1/05.]