Subchapter 7. General Industry Safety Orders
Group 8. Points of Operation and Other Hazardous Parts of Machinery
Article 64. Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Mills

§4402. Employee Instruction.

Employees shall be instructed and trained as required by Section 3203 to include at least the following:

(a) Employees shall be instructed in proper lifting or moving techniques and methods;

(b) In areas where breaks, ruptures or spills would create a hazardous condition, employees shall be trained in emergency procedures;

(c) When a lone employee is assigned to work in a remote or isolated area where a recognized potential hazard exists, a system shall be instituted for the employee to report by radio or telephone periodically or a designated person shall check the area at reasonable intervals. All affected employees shall be advised of the procedures to be followed;

(d) When unloading chips using a tipple type unloading device, railcars, trucks and trailers shall be properly secured in place and all employees shall be in the clear before a dumping operation is started;

(e) Employees shall not be allowed to walk on the rolls of roller type conveyors except in an emergency;

(f) Water shall not be used to unplug quick lime stops or plugs in pipes;

(g) Cores on winders shall not be cut with pocket knives;

(h) Open pipes shall not be used as punch bars to dislodge smelt in the recovery boiler if the use would create a hazard;

(i) Employees shall wear eye protection while removing staples from the dies or while adjusting slitter knives;

(j) When an employee is working inside of a dryer gas hood, a second employee shall be available to render assistance in the event of an emergency.

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.

HISTORY

1. Repealer and new section filed 9-15-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 38).

2. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 12-7-92; operative 1-6-93 (Register 92, No. 50).