General Machine Guarding #204

Workshop/Lab/Field

Activity

Hydraulic Molding Press

• 2-hand control operation

• Between cycles, the operator places and removes materials in between two die halves

1. Is there employee exposure to a machine guarding hazard?

2. What is the hazard?

3. What is the exposure?

4. What are the violated standards?

5. What is the abatement?

6. What are the applicable reference standards?

Scenario #1

Side view of Removing/Placing Material

Scenario #1

Hydraulic Molding Press

Scenario #1

1. Is there employee exposure to a machine guarding hazard?

What is the hazard?

2. What is the exposure?

3. What are the violated standards?

4. What is the abatement?

5. What are the applicable reference standards?

Part Revolution Clutch Mechanical Power Press

• Worker places and removes materials in the die

• Cycles the press with 2-hand controls in the inch mode

• The press is equipped with a brake monitor

1. Is there employee exposure to a machine guarding hazard?

2. What is/are the hazard?

3. What is/are the exposure?

4. What are the violated standards?

5. What is/are the abatement methods?

6. What are the applicable reference standards?

Scenario #2

Scenario #2

Part Revolution Clutch Mechanical Power Press

Scenario #2

1. Is there employee exposure to a machine guarding hazard?

2. What is the hazard?

3. What is the exposure?

4. What are the violated standards?

5. What is the abatement?

6. What are the applicable reference standards?

Scenario #3

Lift Table• Manual Operation

• The operator raises and lowers the hydraulic lift to load material onto a moving conveyor belt

• Workers load and unload materials using powered industrial trucks

• Employees regularly pass in very close proximity to the table

1. Is there employee exposure to a machine guarding hazard?

2. What is the hazard?

3. What is the exposure?

4. What are the violated standards?

5. What is the abatement?

6. What are the applicable reference standards?

Scenario #3

Lift Table

Scenario #31. Is there employee exposure to a machine guarding hazard?

2. What is the hazard?

3. What is the exposure?

4. What are the violated standards?

5. What is the abatement?

6. What are the applicable reference standards?

Scenario #4

1. Is there employee exposure to a machine guarding hazard?

2. What is the hazard?

3. What is the exposure?

4. What are the violated standards?

5. What is the abatement?

6. What are the applicable reference standards?

Table Saw

Scenario #4

Table Saw

Scenario #41. Is there employee exposure to a machine guarding hazard?

2. What is the hazard?

3. What is the exposure?

4. What are the violated standards?

5. What is the abatement?

6. What are the applicable reference standards?

Scenario #5

Planetary Strander1. Is there employee exposure to a

machine guarding hazard?

2. What is the hazard?

3. What is the exposure?

4. What are the violated standards?

5. What is the abatement?

6. What are the applicable reference standards?

Scenario #5

• The Strander runs fully automatic.

• There is no safe-guarding of this machine.

• The workers regularly move, pass, and make adjustments in close proximity to the equipment.

Planetary Strander

Scenario #51. Is there employee exposure to a machine guarding hazard?

2. What is the hazard?

3. What is the exposure?

4. What are the violated standards?

5. What is the abatement?

6. What are the applicable reference standards?