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The Citation
Today’s podcast will feature one company who paid nearly $10,000 for unguarded belt drives on air compressors mounted 7 feet in the air. According to OSHA, “all exposed parts of machinery 7 feet or less from the floor, or working platform, shall be protected by a stationary casing to enclose the moving parts that create pinch points.”
As a special bonus to all our OSHA Oops viewers, we also answer the important question posed by many, “What did Michael and Rick look like with hair?”
Pinch Points
A pinch point injury on the job can be seriously disabling and can cause amputation or even death. Pinch points can occur anywhere a part of the body can get caught between two objects. This hazard is everywhere in the workplace.
Where do pinch points occur?
- Any place where equipment is transmitting energy, there is a pinch point.
- Rollers
- Belts
- Heavy Steel Doors
- Extension Ladders
- Gears
- Full Revolution Presses
- Punch Presses
- Heavy Objects that are close together
- Doorways or drawers
- Machinery or tools with oscillating or reciprocating parts
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