2045 Machinery and Machine Guarding

Course Content
This course is a shortened version of the OTI 204 course that familiarizes the student with various types of common machinery and the related safety hazards. Guidance is provided with respect to the hazards associated with various kinds of machinery and the control of hazardous energy sources (lockout/tagout). The course presents an approach to machine inspection that enables participants to recognize hazards such as those created by points of operations, rotating parts and flying chips, and provides options to achieve abatement.

Prerequisites/Participant Tools
The course manual will be provided. The course manual on CD and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) may be purchased for an additional fee.

Course Topics

• Hazards and standards review workshop
• Review of machinery and machine guarding concepts
• Review of definitions, guarding and devices’ general requirements
• Control of hazardous energy sources (lockout/tagout)
• Electrical safety-related work practices for various types of machinery