Section 408.16346. Barkers.

(1) An employee shall not hold or have physical contact with the pulpwood during the barking operation.

(2)   Barrier guards or enclosures shall be provided to protect an employee in the area from flying particles from the barker.

(3)   Two or more continuous barking drums installed side by side shall be provided with a walkway between each set with a standard barrier as prescribed in R 408.10231 of General Industry Safety Standard Part 2 “Floor and Wall Openings, Stairways and Skylights,” as referenced in R 408.16302.

(4)   When a platform or floor allows access to the sides of a drum barker, a standard barrier  shall   be  installed  as  prescribed   in  R 408.10231  of  General  Industry  Safety

Standard Part 2 “Floor and Wall Openings, Stairways and Skylights,” as referenced in R 408.16302.

(5)    In-running nip points exposed to contact of trunnion rollers on a drum barker shall be guarded.

(6)  An intermittent barking drum shall be equipped with a device that locks the drum while being loaded or unloaded.

(7)    The loading and unloading ends of a hydraulic barker shall be equipped with baffles. The operator shall be protected by a barrier of 1/2 inch plexiglas or material of equivalent strength. A high pressure hose to a hydraulic barker shall be secured at the hose connection ends to prevent whipping if a connection fails.

History: 1979 AC; 2014 AACS.