Portable Power
Tools
Chapter 296-807, WAC
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Date: 08/01/03 |
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Your responsibility:
Make sure hand-held portable power tools
have safe switches (controls)
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Exemption:
WAC 296-807-110 doesn't
apply to:
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You must
WAC
296-807-11005
Make sure switches are
safe
You must
(1) Make sure the operating
switch is located in a position that makes it difficult to accidentally
operate the tool.
(2) Use the correct
operating switch.
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Exemptions:
- Some tools can use a lock-on feature
with the constant pressure switch if the lock-on feature
can be turned off with a single motion of the same finger(s)
that turned it on. You can use a lock-on feature with
these hand-held tools:
- Drills
– Tappers
– Fastener drivers
– Grinders using a wheel greater than 2 inches
in diameter
– Disc sanders
– Belt sanders
– Reciprocating saws
– Saber, scroll and jig saws using a blade with
a shank width greater than 1/4 inch
– Other similarly operating powered tools.
- You can use a positive "on-off"
switch with these hand-held tools:
– Platen sanders
– Grinders using a wheel 2 inches or less in
diameter
– Routers
– Planers
– Laminate trimmers
– Nibblers
– Shears
– Saber, scroll and jig saws using a blade
with a shank width of 1/4 inch (± .05 inch)
or less.
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Note:
The shank width
of saber, scroll and jig saw blades is measured at the narrowest
point on the blade shank.
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