Appendix A - Osha Regulations And Ansi Standards; Section 1 Osha Regulation 1910.217 - Honeywell SmartPAC 2 User Manual

Appendix A – OSHA Regulations and
ANSI Standards
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Refer to the most recent revisions of the original documents for all safety regulations and
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The following extracts from OSHA and ANSI documents are provided for the user's
convenience only, and may not reflect the current revisions of these documents.
Failure to comply with these instructions could result in death or serious injury.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards for presence-sensing devices are listed here.
The OSHA regulations are in Section 1. ANSI standards are in Section 2.

Section 1 OSHA Regulation 1910.217

Reprinted below are excerpts from OSHA regulation 1910.217 pertaining to the use of
presence-sensing devices for point-of-operation guarding on mechanical power presses.
Portions from the text of the OSHA regulations are presented in the left-hand column of the
pages in this section. Additionally, an interpretation provided by the Precision Metalforming
Association (PMA) is presented in the right-hand column.
Honeywell makes no claim regarding the accuracy or effectiveness of the PMA interpretation
reprinted here. The material is listed for informational purposes only. It should not be relied
upon for use in any specific application. Persons making use of this interpretive material do
so at their own risk. It has been reprinted with the permission of the PMA.
Excerpts from OSHA Regulation 1910.217
OSHA Regulations
OSHA 1910.217 (c) (3) (i) (a)
(3) Point of operation devices.
(i) Point of operation devices shall protect
the operator by:
(a) Preventing and/or stopping normal
stroking of the press if the operator's
hands are inadvertently placed in the point
of operation.
Excerpts from OSHA Regulations and ANSI Standards
SmartPAC 2 with WPC Integration
PMA Interpretation
Presence-sensing device
(c) (3) (i) (a) Refers to the functional requirement of a
presence-sensing device which prevents and/or stops
normal stroking of the press.
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