Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 3 78 of 53 8 MACHIN E SA FEGUA RDIN G Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S W P 025 P age Nu m b e r 1 OF 7 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e Apr il 05 2016 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e Apr il 08 2016 1 0 Th e B a s ic s o f Ma ch in e S a feg ua r di ng Ma c hine sa f e g ua rding mi nim iz e s the r isk of a c c ide nts fr om m a c hine op e ra t or c ontac t Th e re a re so man y h a z a rds c r e a ted b y movi ng mac hine p a rts a s ther e a re t y pe s of m a c hin e s The g oa l of thi s pro g r a m then is t o pro tec t wor ke r s fr om nee dless a nd pr e v e ntable inj urie s such a s c rushe d ha nds a nd a rms se ve re d finge rs a nd bli ndne ss The R ule of Thumb i s that An y mac hin e pa rt f u nc ti on or proc e ss t ha t m a y c a use inj ur y must be sa fe g ua rde d W he r e the o pe ra ti on of a m a c hine or a c c ident a l conta c t wit h it c a n inj ure the op e ra tor o r other s in t he vicinit y the ha z a rds must be e it he r e li mi na ted or c ontroll e d 2 0 D a ng er o u s Me ch a ni c a l Ha za r ds Da n g e rous movin g pa rts in t he se ba sic a r e a s r e qui re sa f e g ua rdin g a t all B e l ter ra br a nc h e s P oint of op e ra ti on I n running nip poi nts P inch points P owe r tr a nsmi ssi on a nd Othe r moving p a rts