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Listed
below is the 1910.215 standard
which were cited by Federal OSHA
for Division D: Manufacturing
during the period October 2006
through September 2007. Penalties
shown reflect current rather than
initial amounts.
Definitions:
Data
is included in the query based on
the date the citation was issued
#Cited:
Represents the number of times
the specified standard was cited.
The number in the total line is
the sum of the #cited for each
standard.
#Insp:
Represents the number of
inspections in which the specified
standard was cited. For the total
line, it represents the number of
inspections in which one or more
citations were issued. Note that
the total is not the sum of the
number of inspections
associated with each standard
cited; multiple standards may be
cited in one inspection.
$Penalty:
Represents the total penalty
amount currently assessed for the
specified (#cited) citations. The
number in the total line is the
sum of the $Penalty for each
standard. The amount reflects what
exists at the current time, taking
into consideration any settlement
action adjustments which may have
taken place.
Example:
If cited# = 120 and #Insp = 40,
then the average number of times
per inspection that the specified
standard was cited is 3. If
$Penalties is $60,000, then the
average current penalty amount per
standard cited is $500.
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Safeguarding
Equipment and Protecting Employees
from Amputations
The
employer is responsible for
safeguarding machines and should
consider this need when purchasing
machinery. Almost all new
machinery is available with
safeguards installed by the
manufacturer, but used equipment
may not be.
If
machinery has no safeguards, you
may be able to purchase safeguards
from the original machine
manufacturer or from an
after-market manufacturer. You can
also build and install the
safeguards in-house. Safeguarding
equipment should be designed and
installed only by technically
qualified professionals. If
possible, the original equipment
manufacturer should review the
safeguard design to ensure that it
will protect employees without
interfering with the operation of
the machine or creating additional
hazards.
Regardless
of the source of safeguards, the
guards and devices used need to be
compatible with a machine's
operation and designed to ensure
safe operator use. The type of
operation, size, and shape of
stock, method of feeding, physical
layout of the work area, and
production requirements all affect
the selection of safeguards. Also,
safeguards should be designed with
the machine operator in mind as a
guarding method that interferes
with the operation of the machine
may cause employees to override
them. To ensure effective and safe
operator use, guards and devices
should suit the operation.
The
Performance Criteria for
Safeguarding [ANSI B11.19-2003]
national consensus standard
provides valuable guidance as the
standard addresses the design,
construction, installation,
operation and maintenance of the
safeguarding used to protect
employees from machine hazards.
The following safeguarding method
descriptions are, in part,
structured like and, in many ways
are similar to this national
consensus standard.
The
Performance
Criteria for Safeguarding
[ANSI B11.19-2003] defines
safeguarding as the protection
of personnel from hazards by the
use of guards, safeguarding
devices awareness devices,
safeguarding methods, or safe work
procedures.
The following ANSI B11.19
definitions describe the various
types of safeguarding:
Guard:
A barrier that prevents exposure
to an identified hazard.
Safeguarding
device:
A device that detects or
prevents inadvertent access to a
hazard.
NOTE:
The 1990 ANSI B11.19 term Safeguarding
device
was modified to Safeguarding
(Protective) Device
in the revised 2003 ANSI standard
and the new term includes a
detection component. Devices that
detect, but do not prevent
employee exposure to machine
hazards are not considered by OSHA
to be primary safeguarding
methods.
Awareness
device:
A barrier, signal or sign that
warns individuals of an impending,
approaching or present hazard.
Safeguarding
method:
Safeguarding implemented to
protect individuals from hazards
by the physical arrangement of
distance, holding, openings, or
positioning of the machine or
machine production system to
ensure that the operator cannot
reach the hazard.
Safe
work procedures:
Formal written instructions
developed by the user which
describe how a task is to be
performed.
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