Course Overview
Whether you're operating machinery, supervising work on the shop floor, or managing facility compliance, this course teaches you how to reduce injuries and violations through proper guarding practices and hazard controls.
Why Choose Our OSHA Machine Guarding Safety Training?
What You Will Learn
- Types of machinery hazards and how to detect them
- OSHA requirements for machine safeguarding (29 CFR 1910 Subpart O)
- Purpose and function of fixed, interlocked, adjustable, and self-adjusting guards
- Inspection, maintenance, and safe machine operation procedures
- Employer and employee roles in machine safety
- Basic lockout/tagout concepts and its relation to machine guarding
- How to identify and report unsafe or unguarded conditions
- Emergency steps and responsibilities during machine-related incidents
- Ongoing safety practices for preventing future hazards
Who Needs This Course?
- Machine operators and service technicians (industry & construction)
- Foremen supervising machinery use
- Safety officers and compliance personnel
- Plant and equipment managers reducing injury risks
- Maintenance crews working on energized or moving machinery
- Employees setting up, running, or cleaning machinery
- New hires working around safeguarded equipment
