Machine Guarding
Learning objectives
- Recognize the hazards of working with mechanical equipment, including where those hazards occur and the motions and actions that cause the hazards
- Identify the purpose of machine safeguarding, safeguarding device requirements, factors that influence safeguarding methods, and the safeguarding methods used to protect you from mechanical hazards
- Recognize your responsibilities to utilize machine safeguards properly
Course overview
This lesson will help you recognize the hazards associated with machinery use, the methods of machine guarding, the different types of machine safeguards, and your responsibilities when working with guarded machinery.
- 20 minutes
- Format: Online Interactive
- English , Spanish
Course Outline
- Mechanical Hazards
- Safeguards Offer Protection
- Don’t Let Your Guard Down
Regulations
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.217 and Appendices A,B,C, and D
- OSHA Act Section (5)(a)
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 – Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy “Lockout/Tagout”
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart O – Machinery and Machine Guarding
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.211 – Definitions
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.212 – General requirements for all machines
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.213 – Woodworking machinery requirements
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.214 – Cooperage machinery (Reserved)
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.215 – Abrasive wheel machinery
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.216 – Mills and calendars in the rubber and plastics industries
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.217 – Mechanical power presses (Plus Appendices A,B,C, and D)
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.217 (e)(2) and (f)(2) Operator Training
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.217 (H)(I) A through and (ii) Operator Training
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.218 (a)(2) (iii) Forging Machines- Inspection and Maintenance Training
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.219 Mechanical Power Transmission Devices
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.252 (2)(xiii)(c) Welding Cutting and Brazing – General Requirements
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.254 (a)(3) Arc Welding & Cutting
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.255 (a)(3) Resistance Welding
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.261 (h)(3)(ii) Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Mills
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.263 Bakery Equipment
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.264 (d)(1)(v) Laundry Machinery
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.265 (c)(3)(x) Sawmills
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.268 Telecommunications
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.268 (b)(2)(i) and (c)(1) thru (3) Telecommunications
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subsection I Personal Protective Equipment