In 2018 there were 2,872 amputations reported to OSHA. Of these, over three quarters of them were a direct result of inadequate or poorly maintained physical guarding and safeguard controls. With the guarding and controls OSHA requires along with a regular preventative maintenance schedule as well as a continuous incrimental training and refreshing program, these severe injuries could be entirly prevented.
OHSA maintains an online record of all severe injuries for the past four and a half years. The most current update to that list can be forund here and shows all recordable severe injuries from January 1, 2015 to May 31, 2019.
The point where the machine performs its designed task.
Where the machine receives its power in order to preform its designed task.
The controls in which the operator safely uses the machine.
A fan that is 7 feet or less off the ground must have openings no wider than one half of one inch.
The tongue guard on a stationary grinding wheel can be no more than one quarter of one inch away from the wheel.
The work rest on a stationary grinding wheel can be no more than one eithth of one inch away from the wheel.