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u Workplace Safety <br /> • INFORMATION <br /> & Prevention Services® Oj <br /> MACHINE SAFETY <br /> What Can Happen? <br /> ■ Soft tissue injury: e.g., sprain can happen <br /> ■ Injury causes accident: e.g. sprain can cause fall or dropping,then set off another accident <br /> ■ Trigger Finger: repeated finger flexion,prolonged gripping <br /> ■ Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: repeated wrist extension or flexion,ulnar deviation, excessive pinch force <br /> ■ Raynaud's Phenomenon: in fingers due to prolonged use of vibrating tools <br /> ■ Tenosynovitis: forceful pinching,ulnar deviation, prolonged gripping <br /> ■ Epicondylitis: prolonged and excessive rotation of the forearm <br /> ■ Tendinitis: in biceps from forceful flexion of the forearm <br /> ■ Rotator Cuff Tendinitis: from working repeatedly with arms above shoulder level <br /> Legislation <br /> Workplace machine safety law in Ontario is based on the Occupational Health and Safety Act and <br /> Regulations for Industrial Establishments (R.R.O. 851/90). <br /> In the Act,the sections dealing with responsibilities of employers (s.25, 26), supervisors (s.27) and <br /> workers (s.28) set out general duties with respect to machine safety. <br /> Making protective devices ineffective (must provide temporary adequate protective device) (s.28(2)(a)) <br /> The Industrial Establishments Regulations (IER)has the following more specific provisions: <br /> ■ Preventing Access to Exposed Part:guards must protect person from moving part. (IER, s.24) <br /> ■ In-running Nip Hazard,Any Part of a Machine or Device:guards must protect person from <br /> access to pinch points. (IER, s.25) <br /> ■ Waste Stock and Protection:guards must protect person from processed materials, production or <br /> waste stock not just the moving machinery/equipment parts. (IER, s.26) <br /> ■ Emergency Stop on Machine:must be easy to see and reach. (IER, s.27) <br /> ■ Operating Control for Machine:control that acts as a guard must be in safe zone for operator, <br /> cannot be operated accidentally, and must not be made ineffective, e.g.,tied down. (IER, s.28) <br /> 7 330-013-02-IGDO©2013,Workplace Safety&Prevention Services(WSPS) <br /> 1 877 494 WSPS(9777)1 905 614 1400 1 www.wsps.ca <br />