Machine Guarding and Hand Safety

This course covers the major types and causes of hand injuries and how to prevent them. Also reviewed is the importance of machine guarding, application of the Code and the responsibilities of both the employer and the employee. The following topics are discussed:

• Types, Causes & Prevention of Hand Injuries
• traumatic & contact injuries
• repetitive motion trauma
• Hand Protection
• types of gloves and their uses
• barrier creams, cleaners, etc.
• ergonomics
• First Aid
• lacerations, amputations & fractures
• burns—thermal & chemical
• Reviews of OSHA/PEOSHA Policy Requirements for Machine Guarding
• Types of Guards Used at Point of Operation
• Discussion of Types of Machine Movement
• Guarding at the Source of Power

This course includes a written test. Upon successful completion, each participant will receive a certificate.

Occupational Safety Services, Inc.
13 Sioux Trail
Browns Mills, New Jersey 08015
Phone: 609-893-8215
Fax: 609-893-4876