The use of safety devices and safety controls at industrial machine work stations.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Etherton, John R. ; Etherton, John R.
• Description:
  Safety devices and controls for industrial machine work stations were discussed. Machine safety devices from the human factors designer's point of view were considered. Industrial machines are hazardous because they perform energy transfers that are too great for humans to tolerate. Acute traumatic injuries, such as amputations, can result. In 1982, NIOSH estimated that machine operators suffered 2400 amputations (mostly fingers) and 24800 fractures. Human work tasks and using machine safeguards were discussed. While working near machines workers make a variety of reaching movements that could place them in a danger zone. Task design should be involved when considering expected hazards posed by industrial machines. A reliable safeguard should be selected for protecting workers exposed frequently to machine hazards. Tasks associated with industrial machines were summarized. Standards for safeguarding industrial machines were described. Safeguarding methods for various types of industrial machines were reviewed. Human factors concerns with machine safeguards were discussed. Human factors items for use with safeguard training were considered. The author concludes that when human factors are taken into account in selecting, designing, and installing safety devices on industrial machines, the device will be accepted by the user and used properly, and injury will be avoided. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Ergonomics Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Equipment-design Industrial-equipment Industrial-safety Machine-guarding Work-analysis
• ISBN:
  9780471880158
• Publisher:
  Wiley
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book ; Book
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00177993
• Citation:
  Handbook of human factors. Salvendy G, ed. New York: Wiley, 1987 Jan; :861-875
• Editor(s):
  Salvendy G ; Salvendy G
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Handbook of human factors
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eba795917b70d7c5ff1e217dcc66363b5970b9d167e494cb49b97b6a64833f8897608546ff6c6d374794601c225395a2e4c4dccaed4de988c621cc5dd52ae0f1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/185473/cdc_185473_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.91 MB ]