PART XXIV WOODWORKING AND WOOD PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING — Circular saws
471
(1) A circular saw having a rip-type tooth shall be provided with non-kickback fingers or dogs located so that they oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back and the dogs shall be designed to provide adequate holding power for the thickness of the material being cut.
471(2)
A hand fed circular rip saw shall be equipped with a splitter or spreader designed so that material is prevented from binding on the saw blade and the saw withstands work stresses.
471(3)
A spreader referred to in subsection (2) shall be attached so that it remains in alignment with the saw, even when either the saw or table is tilted, and shall be placed so that the space between the spreader and the back of the saw when the largest blade is mounted in the machine does not exceed 1.27 centimetres.
471(4)
The use of a spreader or splitter in connection with grooving, dadoing or rabbeting is not required but on completion of these operations, the spreader or splitter shall be replaced immediately.
471(5)
A rip-saw shall be located so that a worker cannot work in line with the saw unless protected by a barrier to prevent the worker from being struck by material kicked back by the saw.
471(6)
A swing cut-off saw shall be provided with an effective device to return the saw automatically to the back of the table when released at a point of its travel and the functioning of the device shall not depend on a fibre rope, cord or spring.
471(7)
Where a counterweight is used on a swing cut-off saw, it shall be provided with a substantial safety chain or cable or shall be otherwise secured against falling wherever there is danger to a worker.
471(8)
A swing saw shall be provided with a limit chain, or other equally effective device to prevent the saw from swinging beyond the front of the table or beyond a forward position where the gullets of the lowest saw teeth rise above the table top.
471(9)
A swing saw shall be prevented from rebounding by a latch or other effective device.
471(10)
A radial arm saw cutting table shall be of a width that no part of the saw blade overhangs the forward edge of the table, or a stop shall be installed to limit the forward travel of the saw to that effect.
471(11)
An operator of a swing cut-off saw shall take a position so that no part of the operator’s body is in line with the saw and an operating handle shall be on the side of the saw from which the material is fed and operated by the hand closest to the saw.
471(12)
A dull, badly set, improperly filed or improperly tensioned saw or an inserted-tooth saw with poorly fitting shanks or worn bits shall be immediately removed from service.
471(13)
A hand-fed tenoning machine shall have a device which holds the material being cut.
471(14)
A hand-held circular saw shall have a guard which automatically adjusts to the thickness of the material being cut, and which, when the saw is withdrawn from the material, completely covers the cutting area of the blade.
471(15)
An operator shall visually inspect a saw before use and a concern identified during the inspection shall be adequately addressed before the saw is used.
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