(2) An employer shall train and instruct maintenance and inspection personnel who
are responsible for the care, inspection, and maintenance of mechanical power presses
and assure that they are knowledgeable in these rules.
(3) An employer shall provide clearance between machines so that movement of one
operator does not interfere with the work of another. Ample room for cleaning machines
and for handling material, work-pieces, and scrap shall also be provided. All surrounding
floors shall be kept in good condition and free from obstructions, grease, oil, and water.
(4) An employer shall operate each press within the tonnage and attachment weight
ratings specified by the manufacturer.
(5) An employer shall obtain, from any outside firm that modifies a press,
instructions that are needed to establish new or changed guidelines for the care and use of
the modified press.
History: 1979 AC; 1990 AACS; 1993 AACS; 2016 AACS.
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
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