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    Safety Moment Use Machine Guarding

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    Machine guards are used to protect workers from direct contact with moving machine parts and from other hazards like flying chips or splashing liquids. While some see guards as obstacles, they are critical safety devices designed to provide maximum protection for operators. There are two main types of guards - fixed guards, which protect at all times, and interlocking guards, which prevent machine operation unless guards are in place. Proper use and maintenance of guards helps ensure safety and allows for greater production speeds.

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    Machine guards are used to protect workers from direct contact with moving machine parts and from other hazards like flying chips or splashing liquids. While some see guards as obstacles, they are critical safety devices designed to provide maximum protection for operators. There are two main types of guards - fixed guards, which protect at all times, and interlocking guards, which prevent machine operation unless guards are in place. Proper use and maintenance of guards helps ensure safety and allows for greater production speeds.

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    Five to Ten minute safety review for use in work settings.

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    Machine guards are used to protect workers from direct contact with moving machine parts and from other hazards like flying chips or splashing liquids. While some see guards as obstacles, they are critical safety devices designed to provide maximum protection for operators. There are two main types of guards - fixed guards, which protect at all times, and interlocking guards, which prevent machine operation unless guards are in place. Proper use and maintenance of guards helps ensure safety and allows for greater production speeds.

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    Safety Moment Use Machine Guarding

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    Evert W. VanderBerg
    Machine guards are used to protect workers from direct contact with moving machine parts and from other hazards like flying chips or splashing liquids. While some see guards as obstacles, they are critical safety devices designed to provide maximum protection for operators. There are two main types of guards - fixed guards, which protect at all times, and interlocking guards, which prevent machine operation unless guards are in place. Proper use and maintenance of guards helps ensure safety and allows for greater production speeds.

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    Safety Moment

    Using machine guards

    We've all had the experience of doing what we thought was a favor for someone, only to have it rejected or
    unappreciated. I suppose if machine guards were human they would experience this type of frustration frequently. While
    the basic motive for guarding is to protect, not prohibit, guards are often looked upon by employees as obstacles.
    However, guards wherever they are - and whatever they are - are put there for protection.

    Machine guarding is used to protect against direct contact with moving parts. There are also guards designed to protect
    against flying chips, kickbacks and splashing of metal or harmful liquids.

    Another area involves guards against human failures. You can understand why this demands a lot from any type of guard,
    in as much as the scope of human failure is much broader than the protection of a guarding device. However, guards are
    engineered to give as much protection as possible, even to machine operators who deliberately take chances or who are
    distracted or emotionally upset on the job.

    While guards may often appear to be a hindrance, overall they have proven to be otherwise. They've made large
    contributions to both security and production. Greater machine speeds have been made possible through proper guarding
    and certainly the conscientious employee works with greater confidence knowing that a machine offers maximum
    protection.

    Guard Types
    Two types of guards are used to protect machine operators and probably most of you have been involved with one or the
    other. These are fixed guards and interlocking and gate guards. Fixed guards are most commonly used and are
    preferred over others, the obvious reason being that the fixed guards protect you from dangerous parts of machines at all
    times. Fixed guards may only be adjusted by authorized persons.

    Interlocking guards are used if a fixed guard is not practical. This type will not allow the machine to operate until
    dangerous parts are guarded. The interlocking guard is designed to disconnect the source of power from the machine.
    Safety devices such as pullbacks, sweeps and electronic devices are used where neither a fixed nor interlocking guard
    can be used satisfactorily.

    Safety devices are operated by the machine itself. When this type of guard is used on a machine that is loaded and
    unloaded by hand, the operator must use hand tools.

    As pointed out earlier, no guard can do the job without the cooperation of the person operating the machine. When a new
    employee starts work, we attempt to explain the job thoroughly. This indoctrination includes calling attention to guarding
    devices. After that, if there are any questions concerning guards or any other part of the job, the answers should be
    sought from the supervisor. But again it should be noted that the employee's attitude toward safety is important.

    It is important that everyone working with or around machinery understands the generally accepted safe procedures for
    this type of work. No guard shall be adjusted or removed unless permission is given by the supervisor, or the employee
    concerned is specifically trained and the adjustment is considered a normal part of the job.

    In addition, no machine should be started without guards in place. If you see that guards are missing or defective, report it
    to your supervisor immediately. When guards or safety devices are removed for repair or adjustment, the power for the
    machine should be turned off and the main switch locked and tagged.

    A final point concerns safe dress. Loose clothing, neckties, watches, rings or other jewelry should not be worn around
    mechanical equipment. In fact, as most of you already know, these items of apparel are considered dangerous on many
    jobs.

    Everyone wants to work in safety. To do this, you must have a mature respect for machinery and for safeguards. They
    both will do this job for you if you let them.

    www.safetymoment.net 2010

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