Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 2 58 of 53 8 70 P OWE RED A B RA S IV E WHE E L T OO L S P owe re d a b ra sive ta sks e g g rindin g c utt in g a nd buff ing e tc c re a t e sa f e t y ha z a rds suc h a s inj urie s c a use d b y fl y in g f ra g men ts or e x c e ssi ve dust 71 B e fo re a n a br a sive w he e l i s mou nted it shall be 711 I nsp e c ted c losel y a nd so und or r in g teste d to ens ure that it is fre e fr om cr a c ks or de f e c ts To te st whe e ls s ha ll be t a ppe d g e ntl y with a li g ht no n meta ll ic inst rume nt I f the whe e l soun ds c r a c ke d or d e a d th e y c ould fl y a p a rt in ope r a ti on a nd s ha ll not be use d A sound a nd unda ma ge d whe e l wil l g iv e a c l e a r m e talli c tone or rin g To pre ve nt t he whe e l fr om c ra c king th e use r sha ll be sur e it fi ts fre e l y on the spindl e The spind le nut sha ll be ti g htene d e nou gh to hol d the w he e l i n pla c e without dist orting the fla nge 712 F oll ow the manuf a c ture r s re c omm e nda ti ons C a r e sha ll be take n to ensur e that the spind le w he e l does not e x c e e d the a bra siv e whe e l spec ific a ti ons 72 Due to t he possi bil it y o f a whe e l di sint e g r a ti ng e x plodi ng dur ing star t up the e mpl o y e e sha ll ne ve r sta nd dir e c tl y in fr ont of the whe e l as it a c c e ler a tes to full ope ra ti n g spe e d 73 P orta ble gr indi ng tool s n e e d to be e quipp e d with s a f e t y g ua rds to pr otec t w orke rs not onl y fr om the moving whe e l surf a c e but also fr om fl y in g fr a g m e nts i n c a se of b re a k a ge 74 W he n usi ng powe r grind e rs 741 Alwa y s use e y e prote c ti on a nd a dusk m a sk Ensur e that other indi viduals i n im media te vicinit y who ma y potenti a ll y be e x pose d to t he ha z a rds a re w e a rin g prop e r P P E too 742 Tur n off the pow e r w h e n not i n use 743 Ne ve r c lamp a ha nd he ld g rinde r in a vise 75 W orke rs w il l ensur e that pne umatic pow e r e d tool s be use d in ac c orda n c e w it h the pr e ssure ra ti ng s set out b y the ma nufa c tur e rs g uide Ma int e na nc e re c ords sha ll be k e pt for these tool s 80 P HNE UM ATIC T OO L S P ne umatic tools a re pow e re d b y c omp re ssed a ir a nd include drill s ha mm e rs a nd sa nde rs e tc Th e main da nge r is g e tt in g hit b y o ne of the tool s a tt a c hm e nt or b y some kind of fa s tene r the wo rke r is usi n g with the tool 81 W he n usi ng pne umatic t ools 811 E y e p rote c ti on is re quir e d Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 035 P age Nu m b e r 6 of 8 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e Ma y 2 2015 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e J une 30 2015