Machine Safety
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Inspection and Maintenance
For the machinery, guards, and your entire work area, regularly and often.
Emergency preparation and Regular Drills
To be prepared and able to respond effectively to unexpected occurrences.
Human Factor planning
To allow you regular relief and change from repetitive tasks on production lines, to avoid fatigue, strains,
sprains, and other injuries or accidents through regular breaks and task variety.
Training
WHMIS and chemical health and safety, inspecting your workplace and housekeeping, emergency
response.
Lockout procedure
A proper lockout procedure has seven steps:
1. Prepare for shutdown: gather required materials, notify appropriate personnel.
2. Shut down the equipment: Disconnect power/shut down (electricity, gravity, air/fluid/steam
pressure, springs or mechanical).
3. Isolate the equipment: Isolate the system from all energy sources.
4. Attach locks/locking devices and tags: Sign and attach warning tag(s).
5. Control stored energy: Use safety blocks between dangerous parts that could move and injure.
Dissipate any stored energy.
6. Verify isolation of equipment: Test controls to see that the machine can't go and has no built-up
energy left.
7. Release from lockout control: This will ensure safe return to service for all workers.
Job/Task analysis
Job/task analysis provides a process for developing actual working procedures – how the job is
performed – with appropriate controls in place for health, safety and environmental protection.
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