Safe Work Practices > Safe Use of Tools > Machinery & Miscellaneous Equipment

•Always use extreme caution when you may come into contact with the following: any piece of machinery with moving parts or any piece of machinery or equipment with a pinch point or cutting edges; any open flame; any surface that has a temperature that may exceed 80 deg C or a cooled surface that may be less than minus 80 deg C. All moving parts must provide protection by using an appropriate guarding system.

•Any safeguard that has been removed for maintenance or adjustment to a machine or tool must be replaced before the machine or tool is permitted or required to be used.

•No guard shall be removed for convenience sake. Guards are there for your protection!

•All machines or tools that start automatically shall have adequate and clearly visible signs at all points of access

•All machines with defective electrical components shall be removed from service, repaired or replaced.

•When used outdoors or in a wet or damp location, portable electrical equipment shall be protected by an approved, CSA Certified, ground fault circuit interrupter.