SouthCarolinaDepartmentofLabor,LicensingandRegulationDivisionofLaborOfficeofOccupationalSafetyandHealthColumbia,SouthCarolina29211OSHProgramDirectiveNumber75-1910.218-1Subject:ForgingMachinesUnderSection1910.218.Standard:ArticleVI,Section1910.218,RulesandRegulations,CommissionerofLabor,StateofSouthCarolina.CrossReferencetoFederalStandards:29CFR1910.218.Background:ThisprogramdirectiveclarifiesappropriateenforcementofArticleVi,Section1910.218.SeveralsituationshavearisenintheFederalenforcementareawhereallegedviolationsofhotforgingoperationshavebeencitedunder29CFR1910.212andSection(5)(a)(1)oftheAct(FederalGeneralDutyClause).ThesecitationswereinappropriateinthattherewerespecificstandardstocovertheoperationsinSection1910.218oftheOSHAstandards.Interpretation:Employeesworkingwithmachinesusedintheformingofhotmetalincludinghottrimmingpresses,forginghammers,hotforgingpresses,upsetters,hotbendingandhotmetalpresses,etc.,usetongsofasufficientlengthtoavoidheataswellastheram.Therefore,thestandardscontainedinArticleVi,Section1910.218shallbeapplicable.AllcitationswhichhavebeenissuedbyStateSafetySpecialistsforviolationofSection1910.212,PointofOperationGuardingorArticleI,Section1.12,GeneralDutyClause,involvingtheabovesituationsshallbewithdrawn.AcitationforviolationofArticleVI,Section1.12wouldbeappropriateonlywhenaconditionexiststhatcouldberecognizedasahazardandconditionsareotherthannormalforgingmachineoperationscoveredbyArticleVI,Section1910.218.EffectiveDate:Thisinstructioniseffectiveuponreceiptandwillremainineffectuntilcancelledorsupersededbyamendmenttotheregulationorprogramdirective.BasilA.Needham,DirectorJuly10,1975
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