Fencing and safety precautions for wood-working machinery / issued by the Home Office.

Date:
1928
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Fencing and safety precautions for wood-working machinery / issued by the Home Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Secure Foothold.—This is particularly needed beside such machines as the larger circular saws and planers, for when press- ing the wood up to the machine the machinist’s hands are near the cutters, and overbalancing in such circumstances has given rise to many accidents. | PusHer bam Brick, stone or concreted floors should be roughened from time to time and not allowed to become slippery.* Wooden floors may have laths nailed down at intervals or suitable grooves may be cut in the floor boards, but thick battens liable to trip a person approaching the machine should be avoided. It is also undesirable to have loose grids, which may rock or slip. Machine-starting Gear.—Efficient *‘ striking gear’’ should be fitted to all power-driven machines,+ in order that they may be stopped easily in an emergency or when not required. Power, as well as wear and tear, is saved, in addition to diminishing risk of accident. : The striking gear should be fitted with a device for maintain- ing the machine strictly in one condition or the other. The power should be definitely “‘on’’ or “ off.’’ Many injuries have been inflicted by machinery unexpectedly set in motion by a belt - ereeping ’’ from the “‘ loose ’’ to the “‘ fast ’’ pulley. * See Regulation No. 4. t Required by Regulation No. 1.
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