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NL · Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (workplace standards) · Article 473 · clause 473 · NLR 5/12

PART XXIV WOODWORKING AND WOOD PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING — Cutting heads

473

(1) A hand-fed wood jointer with a horizontal head shall be equipped with a cylindrical cutting head.

473(2)

All knives and cutting-heads of woodworking machines shall be kept sharp, properly adjusted and firmly secured.

473(3)

Where 2 or more knives are used in one head, they shall be properly balanced.

473(4)

A cutting head on a woodworking tool or piece of equipment, including a router, shaper and sticker shall be

473(a)

properly adjusted and secured; and

473(b)

fitted with a protective hood that is sufficiently strong to contain flying metal fragments in the event that the cutting head components fail.

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