Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.15711 - Employer and employee responsibilities
Rule 5711.
(1)
The employer shall do all of the following:
(a) Provide training to an employee regarding
the operating procedures, hazards, and safeguards of the assigned task,
including the safe handling and use of hazardous substances and the personal
protective equipment required.
(b)
Assure that the employee uses the personal protective equipment as prescribed
in this part.
(c) Not permit
equipment to be operated that is not guarded according to state standards, has
a defective guard, or is otherwise unsafe. A rotary table, cathead, kelly, and
kelly bushing need not be guarded.
(d) Assure that vehicles not involved in the
immediate rig operation are parked a minimum distance of 100 feet from the
wellbore. Equivalent safety measures shall be taken where terrain, location, or
other conditions do not permit this spacing.
(e) Assure that the well drilling contractor
posts at all drilling sites, the telephone numbers, locations, and other
relevant information pertaining to emergency personnel and
facilities.
(f) Assure that the
well servicing contractor posts, at all well servicing sites, the telephone
numbers, locations, and other relevant information pertaining to emergency
personnel and facilities.
(g) Not
permit an employee to ride on a load being hoisted or a hoisting
line.
(2) An employee
shall do all of the following:
(a) Not use
equipment until trained in its operating procedures, hazards, and safeguards
and until authorized to do so.
(b)
Report to the supervisor any equipment or safeguard that is
defective.
(c) Use personal
protective equipment prescribed by this part.
(d) Replace any guard or safeguard removed
for inspection, maintenance, or setup before operating the equipment.
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