R 408.12412 Inspection and maintenance records.

Rule 2412. (1) An employer shall establish and follow an inspection program having a general component and a directed component according to the following: (a) Under the general component of the inspection program, the employer shall do the following: (i) Conduct periodic and regular inspections of each power press to ensure that all of its parts, auxiliary equipment, and safeguards, including the clutch/brake mechanism, anti-repeat feature, and single-stroke mechanism, are in a safe operating condition and adjustment. (ii) Perform and complete necessary maintenance or repair, or both, before operating the press. (iii) Maintain a certification record of each inspection, and each maintenance and repair task performed, under the general component of the inspection program that includes the date of the inspection, maintenance, or repair work, the signature of the person who performed the inspection, maintenance, or repair work, and the serial number, or other identifier, of the power press inspected, maintained, and repaired. (b) Under the directed component of the inspection program, the employer shall do all of the following: (i) Inspect and test each press on a regular basis at least once a week to determine the condition of the clutch/brake mechanism, anti-repeat feature, and single-stroke mechanism. (ii) Perform and complete necessary maintenance or repair, or both, on the clutch/brake mechanism, anti-repeat feature, and single-stroke mechanism before operating the press. (iii) Maintain a certification record of each maintenance task performed under the directed component of the inspection program that includes the date of the maintenance task, the signature of the person who performed the maintenance task, and the serial number, or other identifier, of the power press maintained. Note to subdivision (b) of this rule: Inspections of the clutch/brake mechanism, anti-repeat feature, and single-stroke mechanism conducted under the directed component of the inspection program are exempt from the requirement to maintain certification records specified by subdivision (a)(iii) of this subrule, but inspections of the clutch/brake mechanism, anti-repeat feature, and single-stroke mechanism conducted under the general component of the inspection program are not exempt from this requirement. (c) Subdivision (b) of this subrule does not apply to presses that comply with R 408.12422 (2) and R 408.12429. (2) When an inspection of a press reveals a condition that is likely to lead to a component failure that could cause an injury to the operator or other employee, the condition shall be corrected before the press is operated. Editor's Note: An obvious error in R 408.12412 was corrected at the request of the promulgating agency, pursuant to Section 56 of 1969 PA 306, as amended by 2000 PA 262, MCL 24.256. The rule containing the error was published in Michigan Register, 2016 MR 22. The memorandum requesting the correction was published in Michigan Register, 2017 MR 5.