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Safety and health in construction

7.6.9. Planing machines should be provided with bridge guards covering the full
length and breadth of the cutting block and easily adjustable in both horizontal and
vertical directions.

7.6.10. Thicknessing machines should be provided with sectional feed rollers or a
kick-back preventer which should be kept as free as possible.

7.6.11. Woodworking machines should be properly spaced to avoid accidental
injury when handling large boards or long planks.

7.7. Engines

7.7.1. Engines should:
(a) be constructed and installed so that they can be started safely and the maximum
safe speed cannot be exceeded;

(b) have remote controls for limiting speed when necessary;
(c) have devices to stop them from a safe place in an emergency.

7.7.2. Internal combustion engines should not run for long periods in confined
spaces unless adequate exhaust ventilation is provided.

7.7.3. When internal combustion engines are being fuelled:
(a) the engine ignition should be shut off,

(b) care should be taken to avoid spilling fuel;
(c) no person should smoke or have an open light in the vicinity;
(d) a fire extinguisher should be kept readily available.

7.7.4. Secondary fuel reservoirs should be placed outside the engine room.

7.8. Silos

7.8.1. Silos should:
(a) be erected on adequate foundations;

(b) withstand the stresses to which they are subjected without any deformation of
walls, floors and other load-bearing parts.

7.8.2. All places in silos to which workers have to go should be provided with
safe means of access such as stairs, fixed ladders or hoists.

7.8.3. Facilities should be provided to enable the quantity of material in the silo
to be assessed without entering the silo.

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