Common Mechanical Injuries
This happens when a body part gets caught between two hard surfaces.
What is crushing?
This is a barrier for safeguarding at the point of operation.
What is a guard?
Machines designed for a fixed location shall be securely anchored to prevent.
What is Moving?
__________ is one of the most severe and crippling types of injuries in the occupational workplace, and often results in permanent disability.” – OSHA on Machine Guarding.
Hint...the answer is not eye injury
What is Amputation?
This is any place where a body part can be caught between two or more moving mechanical parts.
What is a pinch point?
The max gap between a grinder work rest and the wheel
What is 1/8 inch?
The purpose of machine guarding is to protect the machine ________ and other employees in the work area from hazards created during the machine's normal operation.
What is Operator?
This occurs when a body part comes in contact with a sharp edge.
What is cutting?
Defined as the point at which the actual activity is taking place, it is the most common area for a hazard to occur.
What is point of operation?
These devices holds the operator back from a danger zone around a machine.
What is restraint devices?
Guards are physical _______ that prevent access to dangerous areas.
What are Barriers?
This results when a muscle is overstretched.
What is a sprain?
An _______ stop device is designed to react to an incident or hazardous situation.
What is Emergency?
The basic rule is that any machine part, function, or process that may cause _______ must be safeguarded.
What is injury?
These guards provide a barrier that moves according to the size of the stock entering the danger area. As stock enters an area, it accommodates for its size, returns to its original formation after the stock has left, and is ready for the next item. Note that these guards may require frequent maintenance.
What is Self-adjusting guards?
Whenever unjamming, adjusting, cleaning, repairing, or performing other maintenance tasks, the machine must be isolated from all its energy sources and ________.
What is Locked Out?
_____ ____Device: transmits energy to the part of the machine performing the work
What is power transmission?
_______ pulls the operator's hands out of danger zone if machine starts up.
What are pullback devices?
Name 4 types of guards
What are Fixed, Interlocked, Adjustable, and Self adjustable
All abrasive ______ must be closely inspected and ______ tested before mounting to ensure that they are free from cracks or other defects.
What is wheels & ring??