Safety In Industry (Abrasive Wheels) Regulations, 1982

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 1982
• Citation: IR SI 30/1982

S.I. No. 30 of 1982.

SAFETY IN INDUSTRY (ABRASIVE WHEELS) REGULATIONS, 1982.

I, LIAM KAVANAGH, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 6 and 71 of the Factories Act, 1955 (No. 10 of 1955), and the Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1966 ( S.I. No. 164 of 1966 ), after consultation with the Minister for Health, and after compliance with the Third Schedule to that Act, hereby make as special regulations the following Regulations: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Safety in Industry (Abrasive Wheels) Regulations, 1982, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1982. 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

"abrasive wheel" means—

( a ) a wheel, cylinder, disc or cone which, whether or not any other material is comprised in it, consists of abrasive particles held together by mineral, metallic or organic bonds, whether natural or artificial,

( b ) a mounted wheel or point and a wheel or disc having (in either case) separate segments of abrasive material,

( c ) a wheel or disc made (in either case) of metal, wood, cloth, felt, rubber or paper and having any surface consisting wholly or partly of abrasive material, or

( d ) a wheel, disc or saw, to any surface of which is attached a rim or segments consisting of diamond abrasive particles,

which is, or is intended to be, power-driven and is for use in any grinding or cutting operation;

"the Act" means the Factories Act, 1955 (No. 10 of 1955);

"the Minister" means the Minister for Labour;

"mounted wheel or point" means a wheel or point consisting (in either case) of abrasive particles held together by mineral, metallic or organic bonds, whether natural or artificial, and securely and permanently mounted on the end of a mandrel or quill;

"overhang", in relation to a mounted wheel or point, means that part of the mandrel or quill which is exposed between the collet in which the mandrel or quill is held and the part of the abrasive material nearest to the collet. 3. These Regulations apply to the following places where an abrasive wheel is used for any grinding or cutting operation—

( a ) every factory,

( b ) every premises to which, by virtue of section 83, 84 or 85 of the Act, the provisions of the Act mentioned in that section apply,

( c ) every dock, wharf, quay, warehouse, line or siding to which, by virtue of section 86(1) of the Act, the provisions of the Act mentioned in that section apply,

( d ) every harbour, wet dock or ship, the work carried out in which, being work referred to in section 87(1) of the Act, by virtue of that section the provisions of the Act mentioned in that section apply, and

( e ) every place and every line or siding where building operations or works of engineering construction are being undertaken to which, by virtue of section 88(1) or 89(1) of the Act, the provisions of the Act mentioned in that section apply. 4. (1) Regulations 6, 7, 11(a), 11 (b) and 12 of these Regulations do not apply to an abrasive wheel manufactured of metal, wood, cloth, felt, rubber or paper and having any surface consisting wholly or partly of abrasive material.

(2) Regulations 11 (a), 11 (b) and 12 of these Regulations do not apply to an abrasive wheel consisting wholly of abrasive particles held together by natural bonds.

(3) Regulation 6 of these Regulations does not apply to an abrasive wheel having separate segments of abrasive material.

(4) Regulations 6, 7, 10(1), 11, 12 and 18 of these Regulations do not apply to an abrasive wheel which does not exceed 235 millimetres in diameter, is manufactured of cloth, felt, rubber or paper and has any surface consisting wholly or partly of abrasive material, when the wheel is used in a portable machine.

(5) Regulations 7, 10(1), 11 and 12 of these Regulations do not apply to an abrasive wheel when it is used for grinding glass.

(6) Regulations 6, 7 and 12 of these Regulations do not apply to any wheel, disc or saw of a kind referred to in clause (d) of the definition of "abrasive wheel" in Regulation 2 of these Regulations. 5. (1) Where, in respect of an abrasive wheel of a particular class or type, a machine of a particular class or type (or part of such a machine) or an operation or process of a particular class or type, the Minister is satisfied that a particular requirement of these Regulations is impracticable or inappropriate, or is not necessary to protect persons employed, he may by a certificate in writing declare that that requirement shall not apply to an abrasive wheel, machine, operation or process of that class or type and on the issue of such a certificate the requirement specified in it shall not, until the revocation of the certificate, apply to a wheel, machine, operation or process belonging to a class or type so specified.

(2) The Minister may specify conditions in a certificate under this Regulation, and may at his descretion revoke such a certificate. 6. (1) No abrasive wheel having a diameter of more than 55 millimetres shall be taken into use in a place to which these Regulations apply after the commencement of these Regulations unless the...