Take 5 for SafetyE. Lessard

May 13, 2014

Powered Machine Guarding - SBMS Retro-fit all non-

compliant equipment (e-stop, guards (OSHA), anti-restart)

C-AD is working at the pace of closing 5 compliance issues per month

C-AD has about 250 machines in 28 machine shops

All dangerous machines are placed out of service

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Parts of the Powered Machine Requiring Guarding - OSHA

Point of Operation: Area where machine performs work on material

Power Transmission Apparatus: Belts, gears, flywheels, chains, pulleys, spindles, couplings, cams, machine components that transmit energy

Other Moving Parts: Reciprocating, rotating, cutting, bending, shearing, any traversing motions, auxiliary machine parts

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Introducing Bucketman

Bucketman began work as a painter

Bucketman’s navy days where he taped buckets to his feet Bucketman’s brother

BucketmanJoins the Navy

In an airport with extra credit for the “Not-a-Step” infraction on a ladder

On a roof

Other Appearances

Bucketman Builds a Scaffold

When Bucketman Was a Baby

Bucketman Turns to Crime?

An on-line news story about a burglar who broke into a locked bakery storeroom via a skylight and then couldn’t get out; he stacked and fell off buckets several times