Employee exposure to unguarded or inadequately guarded machines is prevalent in many workplaces. Consequently, workers who operate and maintain machinery suffer approximately 18,000 amputations, lacerations, crushing injuries, abrasions; and over 800 deaths per year. Amputation is one of the most severe and crippling types of injuries in the occupational workplace and often results in permanent disability.

This subject area describes the procedures for ensuring that all machines are safe and ready for operation; and provides guidance for the operator and machine shop supervisor to maintain the machine shop in a safe condition.

Machine Shop Safe Work Practices Evaluation Forms:

Thomas Safety Health Consulting, Inc, performed audits of machine shop equipment at various building at Brookhaven National Laboratory in September, 2010. The audit identified potential hazards and compliance to OSHA Standards along with recommendations. The machine shops reviewed are in the following buildings:

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Last Modified: March 16, 2012
 


DOE, Office of Science One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE's Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by the Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

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