Knowledge Base

This course covers the following information:

Machine Guard Safety: Dangerous Mechanical Motions

• The three types basic types of motions that machines can make
  
• Why "articulated motion" can be especially hazardous
  
• The three main areas of a machine where moving parts create hazards for the people who work with it.
  

Machine Guard Safety: Fixed and Interlock Guards

• What the two most frequently used types of machine guards are
  
• How fixed machine guards can create a permanent protective barrier around the hazardous areas of a machine
  
• How interlock guards can protect you while still giving you access to all of the areas of a machine.
  

Machine Guard Safety: Guarding Points of Operation

• The hazards that can exist at a machine's "points of operation'
  
• How adjustable and self-adjusting guards can protect you from these hazards
  
• The safe work practices you should follow when using machines that are equipped with adjustable and self-adjusting guards.
  

Machine Guard Safety: Safety Devices

• How light barriers and pressure-sensing devices control a machine's operation
  
• How these devices can be used to guard equipment perimeters and "points of operation'
  
• How these devices should be installed and adjusted to be effective.
  

Machine Guard Safety: Protecting Your Hands

• The need for machine safety devices that are specifically designed to protect the operators" hands
  
• How "two-hand controls', "drop probe devices" and "restrain and pullback devices" protect your hands while you are operating a machine
  
• Why "drop probe devices" are only suitable for use on certain types of machines.
  

Machine Guard Safety: Safe Work Practices

• Why you should only use a machine when its guarding is in place and functioning correctly
  
• How good housekeeping and personal protective equipment can help to keep you safe when you are working with machinery
  
• Why you should always be fully alert and focused when you are operating machinery
  
• How proper dress and grooming can help prevent you from being caught in a machine's moving parts.