Nonmetallic, lightweight vertical and horizontal belt guards won’t dent or rust and are UV protected against sunlight. Uniguard Vertical and Horizontal Belt Guards incorporate solid panels in the front and rear of the guard with a vertical split in the center of the guard. Shaft openings are located and field cut, usually with a hole saw. The belt guard easily slips over the equipment, maintaining guards OSHA/ANSI Compliance.
The only guards available online are the standard ANSI and the Standard Kit guards. Custom guards can not be made available for online purchase due to the complexity and uniqueness of the product.
Machine guarding programs are an important element of any industrial workplace that operates machinery. Machine guarding programs help protect employees from accidents before they happen, especially in cases where employees must interact with machinery outside their immediate specializations. One common method found in many machine guarding programs is a simple checklist.
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Last year, the machine guarding standard 29 C.F.R. 1910.212 was among OSHAs top 10 most frequently cited standards, moving up one spot from where it was the previous year. In fact, it earned a place in OSHAs top 4 highest penalties assessed for 2012.
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