Section 408.12219. Protection from spillage, pinch points, and power take-offs.

(1) Covers, caps, and breathers for batteries, fuel tanks, oil reservoirs, and coolant systems shall be kept in place.

(2)   Any pinch point or shear point created by the tractor or  the attachments, or both, that creates a hazard, to which an operator in the normal operating position is exposed, shall be guarded.

(3)   A tractor having a power take-off shaft shall be equipped with  a master shield on the power take-off shaft, except as permitted in subrule

(4). The shield shall have a  strength   capable  of  preventing   permanent deformation when a 250-pound operator  mounts  or  dismounts the tractor using the shield as a step.

(4)   Power take-off-driven equipment shall be guarded to prevent employee contact with the positively driven, rotating member of the power-driven system. Where power take-off-driven equipment is of a design requiring the removal of the master shield, the attaching equipment shall include protection from that portion of the tractor power take-off  shaft  that protrudes from the tractor.

History: 1979 AC.