Machine Safety.

 

Introduction:-

Workers and students working in machine shops, or using machines and power tools in other 

areas, are faced with a potential risk of injury from a number of hazards. These risks can be 

reduced by ensuring that both the employees and the students know the safe operating 

procedures. Only persons trained and knowledgeable in the use of specific equipment shall be 

allowed to use that equipment and all work must be performed in accordance with applicable 

regulatory requirements. Applicable regulatory requirements include, but are not limited to the 

Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations for Industrial Establishments

 and other applicable standards and guidelines

Safeguarding of Machinery)

The purpose of this guideline is to provide department management with guidance on the Safety.

use of machines including general information for safe use and requirements for training, 

maintenance and written work procedures.

Hazards associated with machines, power tools, and machine shops can include, but are not 

limited to:

• Being struck by ejected parts of the machinery

• Being struck by material ejected from the machinery

• Contact or entanglement with the machinery

• Contact or entanglement with any material in motion

• Electrical hazards

• Chemical hazards (from cutting fluids, lubricants, etc.)

• Burns, cuts and other injuries from materials or substances used/exhausted by the 

machinery

• Noise levels

• Material Storage and handling (manual material handling, ergonomics)

• Safe access to/from machines (access, egress)

• Environment in which the machine is used (in a machine shop, or in a work site).