Punch presses and the revised standard for mechanical power presses.

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

July 29, 1975

Mr. Sanford Evenchik
Safety Coordinator
Lester Industries, Inc.
25661 Cannon Road
P. O. Box 46309
Bedford, Ohio 44146

Dear Mr. Evenchik:

This is in response to your letter of May 14, 1975, which was forwarded to this office for reply through our Chicago Regional Office. The questions concerned punch presses and the revised standard, 29 CFR 1910.217, Mechanical Power Presses, dated December 3, 1974. For clarity your questions are answered in the same sequence as asked in your letter of inquiry.

Interpretation of Mechanical Power Presses.

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July 17, 1975

Robert L. Hinman, ASSE
Managing Consultant
Employers Safety Consultant Services
5939 Cullen
Lincoln, Nebraska 68506

Dear Mr. Hinman:

This is in response to your letter of May 21, 1975, concerning interpretation of 29 CFR 1910.217, Mechanical Power Presses, published December 3, 1974.

This standard revokes that "no-hands-in-dies" requirement and at the same time, sets forth safety regulations to protect employees from point of operation injuries.

Application of the standards to clicking machines, used in the footwear manufacturing industry.

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May 1, 1975

Mr. Thomas F. Shannon
Collier, Shannon, Rill and Edwards
Counselors at Law
1666 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20006

Dear Mr. Shannon:

This is in response to your letter dated April 1, 1975 and subsequent telephone conversation on the 16th, concerning the application of the standards to clicking machines, used in the footwear manufacturing industry.

Correspondence regarding OSHA Instruction STD 1-12.24.

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Additional Requirements for Safeguarding Typographical Errors.

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January 21, 1977

MEMORANDUM FOR

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS/OSHA AND OSHA INSTITUTE

Subject: 29 CFR 1910.217(c)(5), Additional Requirements for Safeguarding, Typographical Errors.

Typographical errors which have existed in the above referenced standard since its original issue, have created some misunderstanding as to its meaning.

Guarding of Punch Presses.

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January 10, 1977

Displeasure with the procedures utilized by OSHA.

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November 10, 1976

Honorable Jennings Randolph
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510

Dear Senator Randolph:

This is in response to your correspondence of August 5, 1976, which transmitted a letter dated July 19, 1976, from Mr. Vernon E. Dudley, Gala Industries, Inc., South Charleston, West Virginia. Mr. Dudley expressed his continued displeasure with the procedures utilized by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Spray Finishing and Mechanical Power Presses.

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September 9, 1976

Mr. O. V. Simons, Senior
Engineering
American Mutual Insurance Companies
Suite 501
4415 Harrison Street
Hillside, Illinois 60162

RE: Your letter dated August 10, 1976 - 1910.107, Spray Finishing and 1910.217, Mechanical Power Presses

Dear Mr. Simons:

You asked if the use of cardboard panels laid over a concrete floor in a spray booth would be permitted. You stated the cardboard would be replaced daily. Our answer is that this would not be permitted.

Installation of a single stroke mechanism on full revolution mechanical power presses.

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April 29, 1982

Single stroke mechanism as used on full revolution mechanical power presses.

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June 24, 1980

John E. McAllister, President
Rockford Safety Equipment Co.
4620 Hydraulic Rd.
P.O. Box 5166
Rockford, Illinois 61125

Dear Mr. McAllister:

This is in response to your request for a clarification of Subpart O of 29 CFR 1910, regarding single stroke mechanism as used on full revolution mechanical power pressures.