Machine Guarding (Update Available)


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number


Overview/Description
This course will provide definitions, general requirements, and requirements for different kinds of machinery concerning the Machine Guarding Program. It will provide general discussion of various guarding methods, as well as defining terms associated with machine guarding. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. Learner objectives are to: identify where mechanical hazards exist, identify the motions and actions of mechanical hazards, specify the hazards created by different kinds of motions, describe the minimum requirements that must be met by all safeguards, recognize the advantages and disadvantages of guard construction, and identify the different types of safeguard devices and guards.

Target Audience
All employees who use power tools and machines during the course of their work

Expected Duration (hours)
0.5

Lesson Objectives

Machine Guarding (Update Available)

  • identify the names of the areas where mechanical hazards exist in machine tools
  • identify the mechanical point on a machine where hazardous actions are most likely to occur
  • identify actions that can result in injury
  • recognize the minimum requirements that must be met by all safeguards
  • recognize the advantages of various types of guard construction
  • identify the different types of safety guards and devices
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