Machinery and Machine Guarding Standards

Course Description

This course covers the various types of common machinery, machine safe guards, and related OSHA regulations and procedures. Course topics include machinery processes, mechanical motions, points of operation, and common OSHA machine guarding violations.

Program highlights include the ability to recognize hazards and provide options for control and hazard abatement through machine safeguarding inspection workshops.

Upon course completion, students will have the ability to describe common machine hazards and sources of energy, identify resources for assisting with machine guarding issues, and determine methods of control and hazard abatement, and selection of appropriate machine safe guards.

Who Should Attend

Individuals responsible for overseeing safety in industries such as: Construction, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Maritime and General Industry.

Learning Outcomes

• Describe basic machinery terms
• Identify common machines found within a broad spectrum of industries
• Identify common hazards and violations associated with machinery
• Utilize the appropriate OSHA standards as they apply to machine guarding
• Identify appropriate abatement procedures.