The purpose of this standard is to establish safety requirements with respect to the construction, safeguarding, care, and use of iron­workers.

Table of Contents

1. Scope, Purpose, and Application
1.1 Scope
1.2 Purpose
1.3 Application
2. Referenced Standards
2.1 American National Standards
2.2 Related Standard
3. Definitions
4. Construction, Reconstruction, and Modification
4.1 Responsibility
4.2 Potential Hazards
4.3 Machine Stroke Control
4.4 Electrical Requirements
4.5 Counterbalance System
4.6 Air-Operated Controlling Equipment
4.7 Hydraulic Equipment
4.8 Pressure Vessels
5. Safeguarding the Point of Operation
5.1 Responsibility
5.2 Point of Operation Guard
5.3 Point of Operation Awareness Barrier
5.4 Presence-Sensing Device
5.5 Point-of-Operation Restricter
5.6 Punching Station
5.7 Structural Shearing Station
5.8 Flat Shearing Station
5.9 Coping-Notching Station
6. Care-Responsibility
6.1 Instructions
6.2 Installation
6.3 Training of Maintenance Personnel
6.4 Inspection and Maintenance Records
6.5 Start-Up Procedure
6.6 Shutdown Procedure
6.7 Changing and Servicing Tools
7. Use
7.1 Employer’s Responsibility
7.2 Employee’s Responsibility

Tables
Table 1 Accepted Safe Openings between Guard and Feed Table
Table 2 Dimensions, in Inches, for Point-of-Operation Awareness Barrier

Figures
Figure 1 Positioning of Guards
Figure 2 Point-of-Operation Awareness Barrier

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