| Document ID (ISN) | 107988 |
| CIS number |
08-458 |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
HSE Woodworking Information Sheet No.40
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| Author(s) |
Health and Safety Executive |
| Title |
Safe use of four-sided moulding machines |
| Bibliographic information |
HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, United Kingdom, Sep. 2007. 4p. Illus. 3 ref. |
| Internet access |
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/wis40.pdf [in English]
|
| Abstract |
About 30-40 accidents occur each year in the United Kingdom at four-sided moulding machines. Nearly all involve amputation. Most could have been prevented if the cutters had come to rest before the operators approached them, and with better guarding. Contents of this information note on safe working with four-sided moulding machines: accident history; legislation, including Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER 98, see CIS 99-1429); training and supervision; braking, guarding and ejection; safe working systems; noise; safe workplaces. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
United Kingdom; woodworking industry; safe working methods; moulders |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
safety devices; disobeying safety instructions; responsibilities of employers; woodworking machines; legal aspects; deceleration; risk awareness; enclosure; injuries; traumatic amputation; unsafe acts; design of equipment; data sheet; safety training in industry; information of personnel; safety consciousness |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Woodworking industry
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Mechanical hazards, transport
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| Browse category(ies) |
Woodworking industry
Lumber and the woodworking industry
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