Grinder machine Safety | What are the mechanical and Non-mechanical  Hazards | Control Measures 

Before get into it we will know what is Hazard ?

Hazard is something which has the potential to cause you harm.

Classification of Hazards :

Physical (e.g Electricity)

Chemical ( e.g Cement )

Biological (e.g Hepatitis B Virus )

Ergonomics (e.g Bricklaying )

Psychological (e.g Work related stress )

Mechanical and Non-Mechanical Hazards 

As per BS EN ISO 12100:2010 Safety of Machinery 

The Hazards of machinery is divided into two parts :

Mechanical hazards.

Non-mechanical hazards.

Mechanical Hazards :

Mechanical hazards are mainly from contact with or being caught by dangerous moving parts.

Such as :

⚠️ Cutting Hazard : contact is made with moving sharp-edged part such as a blade.

⚠️ Friction or Abrasion Hazard : when contact is made with fast moving surface which may be smooth.

 ⚠️ Ejection Hazard : when workers are hit by parts or objects flying out or off from machines.

⚠️ Entanglement Hazard : when clothing, hair or jewellery become caught in parts of a machine.

⚠️ Puncture Hazard : when sharp parts of machine or parts of material ejected from the machine and penetrate the body.

2 .   Non-mechanical Hazards :

Non-mechanical hazards are mainly from the power source or things emitted by the machine.

Such as:

⚠️ Electricity Hazard : which may result in electric shock,burns , arcing or fire.

⚠️ Noise Hazard : which may cause hearing loss.

⚠️ Vibration Hazard : which may cause hand arm vibration syndrome.

⚠️ Dust Hazard : which is harmful if inhaled.

⚠️ Heat Hazard : as a result of accidental contact with hot blade.

 Protective Measures : 

For these Mechanical Hazards :

⚠️ Cutting Hazard

⚠️ Friction or Abrasion

⚠️ Ejection Hazard

⚠️ Entanglement Hazard

⚠️ Puncture Hazard 

We will provide Fixed, enclosing guards around the abrasive wheel and appreciate PPE to protect our workers such as: eye protection (impact-resistant )

For these Non-mechanical Hazards :

⚠️ Electrical Hazard

⚠️ Noise Hazard

⚠️ Vibration Hazard

⚠️ Dust Hazard 

⚠️Heat Hazard

We will provide appropriate PPE such as : earplugs or earmuffs , Dust Musk, grinding Gloves.

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When I came in Mumbai I was also started working like them.. and ultimately it's my turn to train them, aware them about all of the potential Hazards at workplace and Help them to go home back Safely to their families in the same condition they come in.



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What is a safety culture? How is this safety culture achieved? How do you handle adversity while trying to obtain this culture? What do you mean by building a safety culture from the ground up?

These are the some of the questions that I have received recently when talking with people that have reached out to me through different facilities of the hiring process or just casual conversations that strike up between myself and other safety individuals. 

You may be wondering why they are asking me these types of questions. Well, see I decided to place on my description section for my current role that I was tasked with building a safety culture from the ground up. Was this a bad thing? Had I really been prepared to answer what a safety culture meant to me? I can tell you the first time I was asked this question, I was not prepared! Boy did I look like the fool....

However, it got me thinking. I had listed something on my description section that I felt passionate about but hadn't put much stock in how to describe this to others. This caused me to take a deep dive into myself and what other safety professionals I knew felt about what a safety culture was to them. I received many answers from an organized written program to employees doing what is expected of them even to having a great program to where employees share their near misses and injuries with ease.

Employee's share their experiences on the floor with ease? That’s it I thought! We need the employees to be the culture. I had been doing something and felt passionate about this and never thought of it in this way. We need employees to be the culture through expectations, reporting, and training others. Well how do we do that!

How do we as safety professionals build that culture!!!! 

I believe we do this through our everyday interactions on the floor. We must take the time to build relationships with the people we work with. As that relationship is nurtured and grows, the culture then grows. As one individual buys in and begins to nurture the same relationship with others you will then see a domino effect within the work force. As this occurs you will see everyone's kayaks begin to turn around and flow with the current instead of against the current. This is how we achieve a positive safety culture that will lead to compliance!!


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Grinder Machine Safety | Mechanical & Non-mechanical Hazards | Control Measures

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