INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

By: Rick Waldinger

42 COR 40-7210 [¶22,452]

CLEANING, REPAIRING, SERVICING AND ADJUSTING PRIME MOVERS, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT – CLEANING, SERVICING AND ADJUSTING OPERATIONS
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3314(c) (2015) – The cited safety order did not apply. The employee was not making any mechanical adjustment to the fan itself, the moving machinery, at the time of the injury accident.

POWER TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT, PRIME MOVERS, MACHINES AND MACHINE PARTS – GUARD STANDARDS, ENCLOSURE GUARD
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3943(c) (2015) – It was unclear how the employee’s hand entered the area within the fan blade guard, but the evidence was insufficient that the guard was damaged prior to the accident, that the fan guard was inadequate, or that the fan was not completely guarded.

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