The employer shall ensure that guards for mechanical power transmission equipment be made of metal or other rigid material. Except that wood guards may be used in the woodworking and chemical industries, in industries where atmospheric conditions would rapidly deteriorate metal guards, or where temperature extremes make metal guards undesirable.

Source. #4118 eff 8-22-86, EXPIRED: 8-22-92 New. #6684, eff 2-4-98, EXPIRED: 2-4-06 New. #8606, INTERIM, eff 4-12-06, EXPIRED: 10-09-06 (formerly Lab 1403.37) New. #8796, eff 1-11-07; ss by #10809, eff 4-9-15 (from Lab 1403.24); ss by #14431, eff 11-22-25, EXPIRES: 11-22-35