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Moving machine parts have the potential to cause severe workplace
injuries, such as crushed fingers or hands, amputations, burns, or blindness. Safeguards are essential for protecting workers from these
preventable injuries. Any machine part, function, or process that may cause injury must be safeguarded. When the operation of a machine or
accidental contact injure the operator or others in the vicinity,
the hazards must be eliminated or controlled. This page contains general information on the various hazards of
mechanical motion and techniques for protecting workers.
The following questions link
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OSHA Publishes an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on power press safety.
OSHA Trade News Release, (2007, June 4). Plans update of the existing mechanical
press standard which is based on the 1971 edition of
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) B 11.1, the industry consensus standard
for mechanical power presses.
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Power Presses. OSHA Federal Register Proposed Rules 72:30729-30734, (2007,
June 4). OSHA is seeking comments on whether and how the mechanical power
presses standard should be amended, including whether the requirements
pertaining to the use of presence-sensing-device initiation (PSDI) systems
should be revised and whether the scope of the standard should be expanded to
cover other types of presses.
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Safeguarding
Equipment and Protecting Workers from Amputations. OSHA Publication 3170-02R,
(2007), 1 MB
PDF,
60 pages. Provides information to help identify and
manage common amputation hazards associated with operating and using
stationary equipment.
eTools
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Guarding. OSHA. Focuses on recognizing and controlling common amputation hazards associated with the operation and use of certain types of machines.
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