Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXXXIII - Bulletin 1674 - Safety Manual for Career and Technical Education Programs › Chapter 25 - Mechanical Hazards Worksheet › Subchapter B - Hazard Identification › Section CXXXIII-2511 - General Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Circle the Appropriate Answer
1. Are all machines guarded to protect the
								operator and other people in the machine area from hazards such as those
								created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying
								chips, and sparks?
Y N N/A
2. Is the point of operation guarded in conformity
								with appropriate standards, if operation of machinery exposes individuals to
								injury?
Note: In the absence of applicable
								specific standards, guarding shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent
								the operator from having any part of his/her body in the danger zone during the
								operating cycle.
Examples of cited violations include:
i. paper cutters had no finger guards;
ii. a radial arm saw's blade protruded beyond the
								edge of the cutting table during its operating cycle;
iii. bench and pedestal drills had no bit guards;
								and
iv. lathes had no shields.
Y N N/A
3. Are guards attached to the machine when
								possible, and if that is not possible, attached elsewhere?
Y N N/A
4. If hand tools are used for placing or removing
								material, are they designed to be easily handled without a need to place hands
								in a danger zone?
Note: Such tools are not a substitute for
								guarding. They can only be used as supplemental protection.
Y N N/A
5. Are revolving drums, barrels, and containers
								guarded by an enclosure that is interlocked so that containers cannot revolve
								unless the enclosure is in place?
Y N N/A
6. Are all fans less than 7 feet from the floor
								equipped with guards that have openings no larger than 1/2 inch?
Note: Examples of cited violations
								include:
i. exhaust fan blades and floor fans were not
								provided with protective guards;
ii. a portable table fan had a blade guard whose
								openings were approximately 1 inch in width; and
iii. a guard was broken creating a hole
								approximately 4" x 2".
Y N N/A
7. Is all machinery designed for a fixed location
								securely anchored to prevent "walking" or "moving?"
Y N N/A
8. Are all machines constructed, installed and
								maintained as to be free from excessive vibration or play?
Y N N/A
9. Are all machines and equipment requiring the
								presence of an operator not left unattended while in operation or still in
								motion?
Y N N/A
10. Are all machines provided with a power cutoff
								switch that can be reached from the operating position?
Y N N/A
11. Is all fixed motorized machinery equipped with
								a magnetic-type switch designed to prevent automatic restarting of machinery
								when power is restored after a power failure or electrical cutoff?
Y N N/A
12. Are all machine operating controls easily
								reachable from the standard operating position and away from any hazardous
								point of operation?
Y N N/A
13. Are all electrically powered machines provided
								with a positive means for rendering the motor starting controls inoperative
								while repairs or tool changes are being made?
Y N N/A
14. Is your shop or lab equipped with two or more
								push-type emergency cut-out switches, provided at appropriate locations for
								each (maximum) 1,000 square feet of shop floor areas, for de-energizing the
								electrical supply to non-portable machinery?
Note: The switch must have a clear
								unobstructed access of at least 36 inches. In addition, the reset of the switch
								must be key operated.
Y N N/A
15. Are all power tools and machines which
								generate dust connected to a dust collection system?
Y N N/A
16. If required in your state, are dust collection
								systems permitted by the appropriate state agency?
Y N N/A
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 17:6(A)(10).