Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment
Woodworking Machinery
Abrasive Wheel Machinery
General Machine Guarding
Standards
100

Pulleys located ____ feet or less from the floor or working platform must be completely enclosed.

100

Device used to prevent kickback during rip cuts.

Anti-kickback fingers (aka dogs) 

100

This test checks for cracks or defects on the grinding wheel. It must be done prior to mounting the wheel onto the grinding machine. 

Ring Test

100

Machinery, including belt sanders, pedestal grinders, and drill presses, must be _____ to the floor or working surface.

Anchored

100

OSHA's standard for Mechanical Power Presses.

1910.217

200

A projecting horizontal shaft end must not project more than ____ the diameter of the shaft itself.

Half

200

Hand-fed ripsaws must be equipped with this type of guard. 

Self-adjusting hood guard

200

Tongue guards must be adjusted to be no greater than this distance from the periphery of the grinding wheel.

1/4 inch

200

Fans located below 7 feet from the floor or working surface must be guarded. The guards shall have openings no larger than _____. 

1/2 inch 

200

If a piece of equipment or machinery cannot be cited under one of the equipment-specific standards, it would be cited under this standard.

1910.212 (General Machine Guarding)

300

The primary hazard associated with meshing gears.

In-Running Nip Point

300

The portion of the saw blade on a bandsaw that may be left unguarded. 

Working Portion 

300

The maximum exposure angle of a bench grinder.

90 degrees

300

Drill presses should be equipped with this type of guard. 

Chuck guard 

300

The citation for an exposed blade on a shear. 

1910.212(a)(3)(ii)

400

Guards for mechanical power transmission equipment must be rigidly braced every __ feet. 

3 (or more if necessary) 

400

Device that prevents material from squeezing the saw or being thrown back at the operator. 

Spreader

400

Primary danger associated with removing the handle on a portable grinding wheel.

Kickback 

400

The point at which cutting, shaping, boring, or forming is accomplished upon the stock. 

The point of operation

400

The citation for an improperly guarded bandsaw that is used to cut metal.

1910.212(a)(1)

500

Vertical and horizontal belts more than ____ inches in width must be completely enclosed, regardless of the height of the belt.

500

All tools operating at more than ____ volts must have their metal parts grounded.

90

500

The maximum exposure angle of a surface grinder.

150 degrees

500

The two most common hazards associated with conveyors.

In-running nip points and rotating parts

500
Table O-10, which shows the maximum width of openings allowed in guards given the distance the guards are from the point of operation, is found in this standard.

1910.217 (Mechanical Power Presses)

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