B.C. LUMBER WORKER ;

Ist Issue, January

SIMPLE GUARD PROTECTS -

Hold-down rolls on a ring
barker are heavy: they could
seriously injure a man if for any
reason they were to come down *
while he was working under

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MILL MAINTENANCE WORKER

them. To protect maintenance | simple safeguard was incorpor-
workers at Canadian Western | ated in the design.
Lumber Company's new barker | photos 1 and 2 show the device
installation from this sort of Jin place and how it works. For
ident, an inexpensive and |each pair of hold-down rolls, a
= 3 simple I-beam frame is built as
shown. Large forged hooks are
attached to it on forged loops.
Forged eyes are welded to the roll
carriers. When the rolls are lifted
up, the hooks can be dropped
through these eyes, effectively
preventing the rolls from either

falling down or being lowered.

Tailspool Protection
Protection at the tailspool of the
log-hoist chains is shown in photos
3and 4. Aga beams have been
welded into position as framing.
A steel plate, ed at the floor
end, is held in the “up” position to
prevent debris off the chain from

being thrown on to the deck.

It also prevents people from
putting a hand or foot close to the
tailspool. When lowered, which is
done by releasing two hooks on
the frame, the guardplate becomes
a safe platform from which a man
can work on the chain or tailspool
with no risk of falling through to
the conveyor below.

Reprinted from B.C. Lumberman

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