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Standard Interpretations(Archived) - Standard Number

1910.217 - Additional Requirements for Safeguarding Typographical Errors. - 01/21/1977
1910.217 - Application of the standards to clicking machines, used in the footwear manufacturing industry. - 05/01/1975
1910.217 - Comments on Stamco Industries Inc., permanent variance application. - 10/13/1995
1910.217 - Correspondence regarding OSHA Instruction STD 1-12.24. - 01/09/1981
1910.217 - Information on Robotics, Presence Sensing Devices, Ergonomics, and Hand Speed Criteria - 03/20/1991
1910.217 - Regulations for machine shop and press room safety. - 09/11/1984
1910.217 - Spray Finishing and Mechanical Power Presses. - 09/09/1976
1910.217 - The requirement that Republic Steel Corporation employees wear "Sankey" guards for foot protection. - 08/15/1977
1910.217(b) - Whether buttons on the two-handed controls of your molding presses requires a surrounding guard. - 04/23/1975
1910.217(b)(1) - Clarification on the required strength of press flywheel guards - 12/18/1975
1910.217(b)(13) - Clarification of "simple test" for mechanical power press control system failure. - 08/11/1975
1910.217(b)(3)(ii) - Compression spring requirements for mechanical power presses.;Compression spring requirements for mechanical power presses. - 02/23/1978
1910.217(b)(4)(iii) - Compression spring requirements for mechanical power presses.;Compression spring requirements for mechanical power presses. - 02/23/1978
1910.217(c)(1) - Regulations for machine shop and press room safety. - 09/11/1984
1910.217(c)(3) - Presence sensing devices (PSDs) for power presses - 08/11/1994
1910.217(d)(9)(iv) - Using slide locks in lieu of die blocks on mechanical power presses. - 12/21/1998
1910.217(e)(1)(i) - Retention period for inspection and maintenance records for mechanical power presses. - 06/12/1978
1910.217(e)(1)(ii) - Retention period for inspection and maintenance records for mechanical power presses. - 06/12/1978

NOTICE: This is an OSHA Archive Document, and no longer represents OSHA Policy. It is presented here as historical content, for research and review purposes only. Return to current Interpretations.