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| Machines in Motion Mean Danger |
Workplace machinery is often fast and huge and powerful. It’s strong enough to bend, cut, crush and otherwise mutilate wood, metal, glass, plastic and other materials.
The human body is no match for this kind of machinery. So it’s important that your workers recognize and avoid hazardous machine actions. Share with your workers these basic machinery safety tips:
8 Quick Machinery Safety Tips
1. Only operate machinery if you’re trained and authorized to do so.
2. Know how to stop the machinery before you start it.
3. Make sure all machine guards are fitted correctly and securely, and are maintained in good working order.
4. Never attempt to start a machine that has a lockout tag on it.
5. First determine if the machine is working properly. Inform your supervisor if you discover any problems.
6. Check to see if the area around the machine is tidy and free of obstruction.
7. Wear the required personal protective equipment (PPE), such as safety footwear and eyewear.
8. Do not wear loose items including gloves, dangling chains, rings or unrestrained long hair. These could get caught in the moving parts and pull you in.
Your machine safety program has to cover a lot of ground to help your workers be aware of the many ways they can get seriously injured. That’s why SafetySmart Online has hundreds of Safety Talks, fatality reports, clip art, puzzles, posters and slogans in its machine hazards section, including this interview with Candace Carnahan, a young worker who survived being caught in a conveyor belt, but lost her leg as a result. (Subscription to SafetySmart Online is required to access this page.)
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| This kind of reminds us of the Bird on a Wire song, except these guys aren’t birds. But they are perched well above the ground, without any form of fall protection. Unlike birds, if they fall they can’t wing it. (Minnesota OSHA) |
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| Federal Government Faces OHS Charges |
At the eleventh hour, federal health and safety officials brought OHS charges against the federal government—specifically, Public Works and Services Canada—for the death of an engineer in a boiler explosion. Two workers were also seriously injured in the incident. The charges were laid on the one year anniversary of the explosion—the last day they could be filed under the statute of limitations.
The explosion occurred at a steam plant that ordinarily provides heat to about 50 downtown buildings, including the parliamentary complex. It’s still unclear why the boiler exploded. The engineer killed was apparently turning a natural gas valve when the front of the valve blew off, throwing him over a railing and knocking down at least two doors.
Read more about the charges on OHSInsider.com.
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| Company Owner Facing Manslaughter Charge in Worker’s Death |
Following the death of a pregnant employee, the owner and chief executive officer of a California printing company has been charged with felony involuntary manslaughter, along with another company manager.
Sanjay Sakhuja, 52, owner of Digital Pre-Press International, Inc. in San Francisco and pressroom manager Alick Yeung, 50, are charged in connection with the Jan. 29, 2008 death of Margarita Mojica, 26.
Mojica was preparing a creasing and cutting machine for a printing job when the machine suddenly began operating as she reached into it. Prosecutors say Mojica didn’t receive proper safety training and the machine lacked required safety devices.
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