Plant, machinery and electricity

Plant and machinery

Wood cutting and finishing machines, mechanical handling devices and grinders are some of the plant and machinery used in foundries.

Cuts and lacerations, amputations and burns are some of the injuries that can result from poor maintenance, repair and guarding and use of such plant and machinery.

Some ways to prevent injury from plant and equipment include:

replacing existing machines with ones that have better guarding
enclosing or guarding dangerous machines
neutralising potential energy sources during maintenance and repairs
providing personal protective equipment

To find out about machine guarding principles, read the Guide to practical machine guarding (PDF, 737 KB).

For more information on how to deal with noise issues, refer to:

Noise section of the Foundry Industry Code of Practice 2004 (PDF, 425kB).
Plant Code of Practice 2005

More about noise.

Electricity

Electricity can cause death or serious injury.

Some ways to prevent death or injury from electricity include:

prohibiting work on live equipment or installations without proper safeguards in place
providing safety switches
prohibiting the use of double adapters or piggyback plugs
using insulating gloves.

More about working around electricity safely.

Electricity section of the Foundry Industry Code of Practice 2004 (PDF, 425kb) provides more information on electrical hazards in foundries.

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