(3)General Safety Requirements.-(a) Every textile machine shall be provided with individual mechanical or electrical means for starting and stopping all such machines. Belt shifter on machines driven by belts and shafting should be provided with a belt shifter lock or an equivalent suitable positive locking device.(b)Stopping and stating handles or other controls shall be of such design and so positioned as to prevent the operator's hand or fingers from striking against any moving part or any other part of the machine.(c)All belts, pulleys, gears, chains, sproket wheels, and other dangerous moving parts of machinery which either form part of the machinery or are used in association with it shall be securely fenced by safe guards of substantial construction which shall be constantly maintained and kept in position while the parts of the machinery they are fencing are in motion.
