Health and Safety - Equipment and Chemicals Series: Machine Guarding
Product Code: reg094 Time: 30.0 minute(s) CEUs:

Summary:
This course provides an overview of the safety role of machine guards with descriptions of machine parts that can cause injury, the hazards presented by these parts and the OSHA requirements for guarding to prevent these injuries. Some other areas covered are: ideas for hands-on training for workers, details on guard construction, and recommendations for machinery maintenance and repair.

Objectives:

  • Identify hazards associated in working with and around machinery and the guards used to protect the operator
  • Identify hazards and machine guards for various types of specialized machinery
  • Understand good maintenance and repair procedures that contribute significantly to the safety of the maintenance crew as well as that of machine operators


Topics:

  • Machine components
  • General requirements
  • Hazards
  • Cutting, punching, shearing, bending
  • Requirements for safeguards
  • Training
  • Miscellaneous aids
  • Guard construction
  • Types of feeding and ejection methods
  • Machinery maintenance and repair
  • Guards

Technical Requirements:
P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.

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