Machine Guarding Awareness for Manufacturing (30 Minutes)

The Machine Guarding Awareness for Manufacturing online training from ClickSafety is an introductory-level course in which participants will learn the appropriate tools and strategies required to stay safe in a Manufacturing workplace environment in which machinery is operated.

Throughout this course, participants can expect to learn special tips for identifying risks associated with machinery operation, as well as find links to videos and materials directly from OSHA, the Department of Labor (DOL), and the CDC. It is one of the most robust machine guarding awareness courses for Manufacturing online.

ClickSafety’s Machine Guarding Awareness for Manufacturing teaches participants the essential requirements needed to prevent and mitigate risks associated with machinery on the jobsite. Participants will learn applicable safety methods, safe work conditions, and more. Specific course topics include the following:

• The three broad categories of hazards – caught in, struck by, and burn hazards
• A thorough overview of basic machinery parts including specific examples for each: the point of operation, power transmission devices, and operating controls
• Information about the basic types of hazardous mechanical actions from rotating parts and in-running nip point to reciprocating and transverse actions
• The nuances among cutting, punching, shearing, and bending hazardous actions
• Details on common hazardous activities from setup and inspection to clearing jams and making adjustments to cleaning, lubricating, and other maintenance tasks
• Very specific knowledge about machine guarding during normal operations and the value of machine guards
• Condition-focused details for conditions like service and maintenance: lockout/tagout (LOTO)
• Helpful material regarding the different types of machine guards (fixed, adjustable, self-adjusting, interlocking barrier guards, and Type A and B gates)
• Details about safeguarding devices, used to protect machine operators such as pullback, restraint, presence-sensing devices, and two-handed controls and trips
• Safeguarding by location – the safe distance – information for safe holding, safe opening, gravity feed, and automatic/semiautomatic feeding and injection methods
• OSHA requirement minimums for machine guarding – to prevent contact, to be secure, and to create no new hazards