                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 SHOP AND OTHER EQUIPMENT (§ 45.2-920)

A. The following shall be guarded and maintained adequately:

   1. Gears, sprockets, pulleys, fan blades or propellers, friction devices, and
   couplings with protruding bolts or nuts.

   2. Shafting and projecting shaft ends that are within seven feet of the floor
   or the platform level.

   3. Belt, chain, or rope drives that are within seven feet of the floor or the
   platform.

   4. Fly wheels. Any fly wheel that extends more than seven feet above the floor
   shall be guarded to a height of at least seven feet.

   5. Circular and band saws and planers.

   6. Repair pits. Guards shall be kept in place when a pit is not in use.

   7. Counterweights.

   8. Mine fans. The approach to any mine fan shall be guarded.

   9. Lighting and other electrical equipment that could create a shock hazard or
   cause personal injury.

B. No machinery shall be repaired or oiled while in motion unless a safe remote
oiling device is used.

C. A guard or safety device that is removed from any machine shall be replaced
before the machine is put in operation.

D. Every mechanically operated grinding wheel shall be equipped with:

   1. Safety washers and tool rests;

   2. A substantial retaining hood, the hood opening of which shall not expose
   more than a 90-degree sector of the wheel. Each such hood shall include a
   device to control and collect excess rock, metal, or dust particles. If no
   such device is provided, equivalent protection shall be provided to each
   employee operating such machinery; and

   3. Eyeshields, unless goggles are worn by the operator.

E. The operator or his agent shall develop proper procedures for examining for
potential hazards, completing maintenance, and operating each type of
centrifugal pump. The procedures shall, at a minimum, address the
manufacturers&#8217; recommendations for start-up and shutdown of each type of
pump, the proper actions to be taken when a pump is suspected of overheating,
the safe location of start and stop switches, and the actions to be taken when
signs of structural metal fatigue, such as cracks in the frame, damaged cover
mounting brackets, or missing bolts or other components, are detected. Every
miner who repairs, maintains, or operates any such pump shall be trained in
these procedures.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 45-85.3; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-88; 1978, c.
118; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.273; 2005, c. 3; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.