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Typographical correction to power-press safeguarding rule

Summary OSHA told its regional offices that typographical errors in the power-press safeguarding rule had caused confusion. It identified the comma and word changes needed to clarify the list of safeguarding options and said the rule text would be corrected. OSHA archives the memo.
Document
Federal opinion letter
Agency
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Document number
1977-01-21
Date issued
January 21, 1977
Status
Archived by the agency
OSHA labels this an archive document and warns that it may no longer represent OSHA policy.
Status last verified October 10, 2026
Topics
Workplace Safety OSHA 1910 Power Presses Machine Guarding Regulatory Text
Source
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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.

The phrase "...in the point of operation, and a two-hand control, presence sensing device of Type B gate or movable barrier...", will be corrected by the Office of Standards Development in the next change in the 1910 standards and in the Federal Register by adding a comma after the word device and deleting the word "of" before the word "Type." The phrase will then read "...in the point of operation, and a two-hand control, presence sensing device, Type B gate or movable barrier..."

This information should be distributed to all field personnel and interested parties.
Richard P. Wilson
Acting Director,
Federal Compliance and State Programs

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