Exposed machinery, or moving parts are common to all industrial sites, often with varying speeds and different applications. The hazards associated with exposed machinery and moving machinery include: pinch points and moving parts, moving materials or slip, trip and fall hazards. Exposed and moving machinery poses serious safety risks to workers, maintenance workers, technicians. Pinch points and moving parts are entanglement hazards commonly found in areas leading into pulleys, shafts, couplings, sample cutters or rollers along the carry and return sides of the conveyor belt.
Moving materials on conveyors may be large masses moving at high speeds, are hot, have jagged edges, or are toxic. Fugitive material escaping from the system can cause various hazards. Workers can easily slip and fall if pellet-like fugitive material lands on walkways. Lump materials, or piles of spillage, create an uneven walking surface, significantly increasing the risk of ankle and back injuries.
To mitigate the hazards of exposed and moving machinery, Australian standard compliant guarding needs to be installed. To be Australian Standard compliant the guarding must:
ESS provides on-site surveys where our technicians can identify safety hazards and suggest practical solutions. We also offer training to your on-site staff to help them recognise potential safety hazards, identify conveyor belt problems, and recommend solutions. With branches located in major mining centres, we are able to provide you with the required technology and expertise to minimise risks effectively.
Machinery guarding must provide a physical barrier to eliminate injury risk, be easily identifiable through safety colours, allow visual inspection, not interfere with machinery operation, be safe and easy to remove for maintenance access, and be secured in position.
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AS/NZS ISO 9001:2015
Safety, AS/NZ 4801:2001
ICS Registered No 946/97 & 06/2982