Different Types of Hazard

Machine Safeguarding at the Point of Operation

A Guide for Finding Solutions to Machine Hazards

About this document —

Machine Safeguarding at the Point of Operation is an Oregon OSHA Standards and Technical Resources publication written and compiled by Craig Hamelund. Thanks to Ellis Brasch, Mike Lulay, and Mike Mitchell for advice and technical assistance. Thanks to the following individuals for crafting the final document: Layout and design: Patricia Young, Oregon OSHA Editing and proofing: Mark Peterson, DCBS Communications Questions and comments: We’d like to hear from you. Contact Craig Hamelund, Oregon OSHA Portland Field Office, Public Education, 503-229-5910, e-mail craig.hamelund@state.or.us.

Above: Be Careful Near Machinery poster, created by Robert Lachenmann (1936) for the Federal Art Project. Source: Library of Congress: Prints and Photographs Online Catalogue. On the cover: Source: Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The importance of machine safeguarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Machine safeguarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Abrasive wheel grinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Band saw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Horizontal band saw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Vertical band saw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....