Category: Machinery

Battery Charging Rooms and Mining Safety. Introduction: The importance of safety cannot be overstated when handling large batteries in the ...

Avoiding “Struck By” and “Caught Between” Accidents. Too many mineworkers are injured or killed in accidents that could be described ...

Live Testing in the Mining Industry. Introduction: Inspecting, testing or commissioning live equipment is an unavoidable high risk activity. This ...

Power Press Brakes Power press brakes are similar to mechanical power presses in that they use vertical reciprocating motion and ...

8,450 known non-fatal amputation cases (involving days away from work) occurred in 2005 for all of private industry. The most ...

Machinery and Preventing Amputation. Safeguarding Devices Safeguarding devices are controls or attachments that, when properly designed, applied and used, usually ...

Safeguarding is essential for protecting employees from needless and preventable injury. A good rule to remember is: Any machine part, ...

To prevent employee amputations, you and your employees must first be able to recognize the contributing factors, such as the ...

Mining Safety Preventing Amputation. Amputations are among the most severe and disabling workplace injuries that often result in permanent disability. ...