Safety Talk

• A production worker had the tips of his fingers amputated when his right hand accidentally entered the cutting area of an unguarded tin-cutting shear.
• A worker was severely injured when he became entangled in a screw conveyor. A section of the guard had been removed from the conveyor that was operating during a cleanup program
• A sawmill worker suffered multiple fractures to his right arm when it became caught in an edger outfeed chain and sprocket. For unknown reasons, he had lifted the guard to check the drive mechanism.

In each of these cases machine guards were not in […]