Machine Guarding: Protecting You From Hazards

Various types of equipment and machines can bend, cut, punch, press and perform countless other operations. While your company has installed various types of machine guarding and safety devices to protect you from these hazards, these mechanisms will not protect you unless they are installed, maintained and used properly.

This video discusses common types of machine hazards, how they can be controlled and what actions must be taken to stay safe around moving equipment and machinery.

Featured is testimony from workers who have been injured after removing or bypassing guards, or taking other risks around moving machinery.

Topics include:

• Inspection and Maintenance of Equipment
• Fixed and Adjustable Guarding
• Hazards of Bypassing and Removing Guards
• Various Types of Safety Devices

Other topics include potential machine hazard areas, controlling machine hazards, fixed guarding, adjustable guarding, electrical interlocks, photoelectric devices, pressure-sensitive trips and restraint devices.