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Machinery Hazards Attorneys in Northern California

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According to OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration), working with machinery imposes the following hazards:

Rotating motion can be dangerous. Even smooth, slowly rotating shafts can grip hair and clothing and, through minor contact, force the hand or arm into a dangerous position. Injuries due to contact with rotating parts can be severe. Collars, couplings, cams, clutches, flywheels, shaft ends, spindles, meshing gears, and horizontal or vertical shafting are some examples of common rotating mechanisms which may be hazardous. The danger increases when projections, such as set screws, bolts, nicks, abrasions, and projecting keys or set screws, are left exposed on rotating parts.

Reciprocating motions are hazardous due to the back-and-forth or up-and-down motion. A worker may be struck by or caught between a moving and a stationary part.

Transverse motion, movement in straight, continuous lines, can be hazardous because a worker may be struck or caught in a pinch by the moving part.

Cutting action may involve rotating, reciprocating, or transverse motion and can be dangerous if the cutting action exists at the point of operation where the worker's finger, arm and body injuries can occur or where flying chips or scrap material can strike the head, particularly in the area of the eyes or face. Such hazards are present at the point of operation in cutting wood, metal, and other materials. Examples of mechanisms involving cutting hazards include bandsaws, circular saws, boring and drilling machines, turning machines (lathes), or milling machines

Punching action is when power is applied to a slide (ram) for the purpose of blanking, drawing, or stamping metal or other materials and can pose danger at the point of operation where stock is inserted, held, and withdrawn by hand. Some machines used for punching operations include power presses and iron workers.

Shearing action involves applying power to a slide or knife in order to trim or shear metal or other materials and is hazardous at the point of operation where stock is actually inserted, held, and withdrawn. Some machines used for shearing operations are mechanically, hydraulically, or pneumatically powered shears.

Bending action results when power is applied to a slide in order to draw or stamp metal or other materials and can create a hazard where stock is inserted, held, and withdrawn. Equipment that uses bending action includes power presses, press brakes, and tubing benders.

In-running nip point hazards are caused by the rotating parts on machinery. Parts can rotate in opposite directions while their axes are parallel to each other, producing a nip point. Stock fed between two rolls also produces a nip point, common on machines with intermeshing gears, rolling mills, and calendars.

Hazardous energy is any type of energy in sufficient quantity to cause injury to a worker. Common sources of hazardous energy include electricity, mechanical motion, pressurized air, and hot and cold temperatures. Hazardous energy releases may occur during the installation, maintenance, service, or repair of machines, equipment, processes, or systems.

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