
Machine Guarding
Many operations require machines with moving parts. When your employees work with this equipment, serious life-altering or even life-ending accidents can occur if it’s not properly guarded. At times, guards are removed for maintenance or to make the job easier under the assumption they’re not needed. Simple mistakes like that can leave an employee with serious life-changing injuries. Incidents involving improper machine guarding do not just affect your employees, but your entire team and their families.
Bonneville Safety can help you give your team the understanding they need to work safely around dangerous machinery so they can avoid serious injuries and go home safe every day.
Topics include:
➢ Purpose of guards and shields
➢ Actions for damaged or missing safeguards
➢ Different types of guards and shields
➢ Role of Lockout/Tagout for servicing safeguards
➢ When and who may temporarily remove safeguards for servicing