www.Droit-Afrique.com Machines-tool operators, loom operators, foremen or works managers must have within their reach ways to stop engines or ask for engines to be stopped. Every machine tool and loom must also be installed and serviced such that it can be insulated by its operator from the command that starts it using an appropriate system. Art.D.170-39.- It shall be prohibited to lubricate running transmissions and mechanisms. However, when it will be absolutely necessary to do so, the required safety measures must be installed for this purpose. In the event of the repair of any part whatsoever, the said part shall be stopped by clamping the clutch or the steering. Art.D.170-40.- It shall be prohibited to allow workers not wearing close- fitting clothing to stand near machines. The passages between machines shall be at least eight centimetres wide. The floor of the gaps shall be level. Art.D.170-41.- All appliances, machines or machine parts known to be dangerous must be placed or protected so as to prevent anyone from accidentally coming into contact with them. The following shall be notably considered dangerous: • the parts of machines that have command and transmission components such as beads, steering wheels, wheels, shafts, gears, cones or friction cylinders, chains, cams, sliders; • machine parts meant to complete, with another machine or upon receiving mechanical energy, transmission belts or power cables; • machine components that include accessible parts projecting from the moving parts of these machines such as fixing bolts, bolts, cotter pins, bumps, ribs; • all other components capable of causing a harm to personnel operating machines such as machines for beating, crushing, calendering, cutting, grinding, laminating, Implementing Decree of the Labour Code Mali plasticating, mixing, buffing, kneading, pressing, triturating, and sawing. Art.D.170-42.- For machines - tools equipped with sharp instruments, turning at high speed such as machines for sawing, milling, planing, cutting, chopping shears, rag cutters and other similar machines, the idle parts of the sharp instruments must be protected. These machines must also be placed or protected such that workers cannot even accidentally touch the idle parts of these sharp instruments from the work stations. Art.D.170-43.- Woodworking machine known as “surface-planing machines” must have a circular section knife spindle. Crosscut saws must have a device that prevents rotation and the release of the part during sawing. Circular saw benches must have an adjustable riving knife fitted right behind the saw and in its background. Art.D.170-44.- No worker should be regularly assigned to work in the rotation plane or in the immediate surroundings of a flywheel, grinding wheel or a machine that is heavy and rotating at top speed. Any grinding wheel rotating at top speed must be encased such that in case it breaks, its fragments shall remain in the casing. A highly-apparent inscription shall state the maximum number of rotations per minute. Art.D.170-45.- The shuttle presses of all systems, operated mechanically and used for automatic woks must be placed, protected and commanded such that operators cannot from their station, even accidentally, reach the moving working components. Art.D.170-46.- Employers shall be prohibited from installing dangerous equipments, machines or machine components, for which there are protective devices with recognised effectiveness, without equipping these machines with the said device. Art.D.170-47.- The effectiveness of protective equipment and devices must be officially recognised. Protective devices approved in a foreign country may be sold and used 21/29