R 408.12638 Wire drawing machines.

Rule 2638. (1) An employer shall ensure that a wire drawing machine has 1 of the following: (a) An emergency stop device adjacent to the block available to shut down the machine. (b) An emergency stop device, such as a bar, rope or cable, along the operating side of a continuous drawing frame or unit so designed that the device will stop the machine at any point along the unit. When an emergency stop device has been actuated, the machine must be restarted manually. (2) The live block, capstan and straightening rolls of a wire drawing machine must be enclosed with a barrier guard. (3) A wire drawing machine must be equipped with a stopping device so arranged to stop the block automatically if the operator can be caught in the wire or the reel drawn to the machine, or the area from and including the payoff to the machine must be enclosed with a guardrail system in compliance with General Industry Safety and Health Standard Part 2. “Walking-Working Surfaces,” being R 408.10201 to R 408.10241 of the Michigan Administrative Code. The stop device must be as prescribed in subrule (1)(b). (4) Where straightening rolls are not used, a snarl switch interlocked with the live block or capstan must be provided. (5) A pinch point less than 8 feet from a floor or platform, created by the moving wire or rod passing over or through the equipment, must be guarded by a barrier if exposed to contact. (6) All barrier guards or enclosures that can be removed or opened without tools must be interlocked with the live block or capstan. (7) A pinch pointer used to prepare wire or rod for insertion into a die must be guarded if the opening is more than 1/4 larger than the material being fed into it.