1. Machine Guarding

2. Machine Guarding
OSHA Standard

3. OSHA’s Top 20 General Industry Most Frequently Cited Violations
6 of top 20 deal with guarding issues
one of these electrical guarding

4. # 6
(a)(1) “General Requirements for All Machinery” - Point of operation guard for in-going nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks

5. # 7
(a)(3)(iii) “General Requirements for All Machinery” - Special tools for placing and removing material from the danger zone during the operating cycle of machinery were not used to keep the operators hand out of the danger zone.

6. #10 & # 17
(d)(1) “Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus” - Pulleys which are seven (7) feet or less from the floor or working platform were not effectively guarded.

7. # 15
(h)(1) “Woodworking Machinery Requirements” - The upper hood of a radial arm saw did not completely enclose the upper portion of the blade including the end of the saw arbor.

8. # 8
(g)(2) “Guarding of Live Electrical Parts” - Live parts of electrical equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosure.

9. General Requirements Protection from hazards: point of operation
ingoing nip points
rotating parts
flying chips
sparks

10. Methods of Guarding
Barriers
Distance
Tools in hazard zone

11. Two Packaging Systems
Small bags - 55 pound bags or less
Large bag pound

12. Team Evaluation Team members: operators maintenance engineering safety
managers

13. Team Activities Review OSHA requirements Equipment review
Proposal developed
Guards constructed
Modifications as needed