Safeguards, machine

Safeguarding— Machine safeguarding was designed to minimize the risk of accidents of machine-operator contact. 

Extensive work has been performed to establish effective clearances and safety distances in order to protect machine operators and others. Widely accepted safeguarding dimensions are defined by standard ANSI/ASME B15.1. Safety distances are an important consideration in the designation of machine safeguarding. Safety distances are a function of stopping time of machines and the speed at which a machine operator or observer can inadvertently move a body part into a hazard zone. Safety distance considerations are defined in standards and regulations such as OSHA publication 29CFR 1910 and ANSI standard ANSI B11.2... 

Concepts and Techniques of Machine Safeguarding OSHA 3067, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC... 

Machine safeguards protect workers from preventable injuries. Safeguard any machine part, function, or process that may cause injury. A wide variety of mechanical motions and actions can create hazards to the worker. Hazards can include rotating members, reciprocating arms, moving belts,... 

Corutepts arul Techniques of Machine Safeguarding, OSHA 3067, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 1992. Available at www.osha. gov/Publications/Mach SafeGuard/toc.html)... 

At http //www.jnj.com/community/health safety/programs/Machine Safety.htm, Johnson Johnson has posted its machine safeguarding program titled Johnson Johnson Zero Access. My understanding is that these safeguarding requirements are included in purchasing specifications. Also, Johnson Johnson indicates that its machine safeguarding is a Beyond Compliance initiative. More about that later. 

Johnson Johnson says that its machine safeguarding is a Beyond Compliance initiative. In the safety standards writing process, it is common for contributions to be made by many participants, and compromises are made as they deliberate to accommodate the variety of views expressed on the subject being considered. The result often is a standard that includes minimum requirements, as is the case in ZIO. In Chapter 9, Including Risk Assessment Provisions in Standards and Guidelines A Trend this appears. 

Miscellaneous Safeguarding Accessories A variety of methods and tools can be used to help lower the hazard potential created by certain machines, even though they do not provide full or complete machine safeguarding. Note that sound judgment is necessary for their application and usage ... 

Tampering with machine safeguards or removing machine lockout/tagout... 

Lockout is required if these activities take place during normal production where an employee is required to remove or bypass a guard or place a part of the body into a point of operation. The standard defines normal production as using equipment to perform it s intended function. During normal production, machine safeguards are in place to protect workers. 

Minor servicing involves activities that are part of normal production, machine safeguards (including interlocked barrier guards) provide employees with the protection they need, and equipment does not have to be locked out. 

Dangerous machine safeguarded by fixed fencing and light curtain across access aperture... 

Design and Start-up Review Ergonomic Factors Codes and Standards Machine Safeguarding Material Handling Life, Safety, and Fire Protection... 

Failure to follow rules for use of company equipment or materials Horseplay in work areas or otherwise creating unsafe conditions Tampering with machine safeguards or removing machine tags or locks Not wearing required PPE... 

Machine guard opening/distance-to-point-of-operation measuring tool/stick (these are available from many machine safeguarding suppliers/consultants)... 

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