Machine Safety Checklist

Basic Requirements for Safeguards

• Do the safeguards provided meet the minimum OSHA requirements?
• Do the safeguards prevent workers’ hands, arms, and other body parts from making contact with dangerous moving parts?
• Are the safeguards firmly secured and not easily removable?
• Do the safeguards ensure that no objects will fall into the moving parts?
• Do the safeguards permit safe, comfortable, and relatively easy operation of the machine?
• Can the machine be oiled without removing the safeguard?
• Is there a system for shutting down the machinery and locking/tagging out before safeguards are removed?
• Can the existing safeguards be improved?

Mechanical Hazards

Point of Operation:

• Is there a point-of-operation safeguard provided for the machine?
• Does it keep the operator’s hands, fingers, body out of the danger area?
• Is there evidence that the safeguards have been tampered with or removed?
• Could changes be made on the machine to eliminate the point-of-operation hazard entirely?

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Power Transmission Apparatus:

• Are there any unguarded gears, sprockets, pulleys, or flywheels on the apparatus?
• Are there any exposed belts or chain drives?
• Are there any exposed set screws, key ways, collars, etc.?
• Are starting and stopping controls within easy reach of the operator
• If there is more than one operator, are separate controls provided?

Other Moving Parts:

• Are safeguards provided for all hazardous moving parts of the machine, including auxiliary parts?

Non-Mechanical Hazards

• Have appropriate measured been taken to safeguard workers against noise hazards?
• Have special guards, enclosures, or PPE been provided, where necessary to protect workers from exposure to harmful substances used in machine operation?

Electrical Hazards

• Is the machine installed in accordance with National Fire Protection Association and National Electrical Code requirements?
• Are there loose conduit fittings?
• Is the machine properly grounded?
• Is the power supply correctly fused and protected?
• Do workers occasionally receive minor shocks while operating any of the machines?
• Do you have a lockout/tagout program employees are required to follow when repairing and servicing machines?

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Train for Safety

BLR’s Safety Meetings Library provides the perfect materials for conducting frequent and engaging training on a host of essential safety concerns, including machine guarding and general machine safety. This cost-effective resource provides separate safety meetings on each topic, as well as supporting handouts, quizzes, posters, and safety slogans.

All told, the CD provides you with more than 400 ready-to-train meetings on more than 100 key safety topics—a shrewd investment in this time of tight safety budgets. In addition to the meetings’ supplemental quizzes and handouts, you also get relevant regulations (OSHA’s CFR 29), a listing of the most common safety violations cited by OSHA, and case studies of actual OSHA cases and their outcomes.

Safety Meetings Library lets you choose from a variety of training approaches, including:

• Mandatory—Sessions that are OSHA-required
• Comprehensive—Sessions with broadest coverage of a topic
• 7-Minute—Short, simple, targeted sessions to fit tight schedules
• Initial—A session used as introductory training on a topic
• Refresher—Sessions that follow up on or reinforce previous training
• Tool Box Talk—More informal reinforcement of a topic
• PowerPoint^®—Graphic presentations for comprehensive initial or refresher training
• Hands-on—A session in which there are training activities
• Spanish—Including Spanish language handouts and quizzes coordinated with English sessions

You can get a preview of the program by using the links below. But for the best look, we suggest a no-cost, no-obligation trial. Just let us know and we’ll arrange it for you.