SASO 324 (GS 68) Industrial Safety and Health Regulations Equipment - Machinery and Guarding Part 1: General Requirements

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SASO 324

(GS 68)

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS


EQUIPMENT - MACHINERY AND GUARDING
PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS
EQUIPMENT - MACHINERY AND GUARDING
PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

ICS:

Date of GSMO Board of Directors Approval : 05-11-1407H (01-07-1987)


Date of Publication in the Official Gazette : 20-04-1408H (11-12-1987)
Date of Enforcement of this Standard : 20-04-1410H (18-11-1989)
GULF STANDARD GS 68/1987

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS


EQUIPMENT - MACHINERY AND GUARDING
PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

1. SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION


This Standard is concerned with the general precautions to be taken against
dangers involved in the operation of the machinery.

2. GENERAL
2.1 All mechanical action or motion is hazardous. As it is impractical to draw
safety standards which will cover every conceivable hazardous mechanical
exposure, certain basic hazardous actions and motions safeguards shall be
standardized. These basic actions or motions to be safeguarded are:
– Rotating, reciprocating, and transverse motions
– In-running nip or pinch points
– Cutting action
– Punching, shearing, and bending action.
2.2 Rotating, reciprocating, and transverse motions hazards are at the point of
operation where work is being done and at the points where power or motion is
being transmitted from one part of a mechanical linkage to another. Collars,
couplings, cams, clutches, flywheels, spindles, rotating bar stock, lead screws,
and shafting are typical examples of rotating mechanisms hazards.
2.3 In-running nip or pinch points hazards exist where machine parts rotate toward
each other, or where one rotates toward a stationary object. The in-running
side of rolling mills and calendars of rolls used for bending, printing,
corrugating, embossing or feeding and conveying stock, the in-running side of
a chain and sprocket, belt and pully, a gear rack, a gear and pinion, and a belt
conveyor terminal are typical examples.
2.4 Cutting action results when motion is imparted to a tool so that material being
removed is in the form of chips. The hazard is at the movable cutting edge as
it approaches or comes in contact with the material being cut. Typical
examples are band and circular saws, milling machines, planning or shaping
machines, latches, drilling, and grinding machines.
2.5 Punching, shearing, or bending action results when power is applied to a ram
(plunger) or knife for blanking, trimming, drawing, punching, shearing, or
stamping metal. The hazard is at the point of operation where stock is inserted,
maintained, then withdrawn. Typical examples are power presses, brakes, and
shears.

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GULF STANDARD GS 68/1987

2.6 Whenever the above listed basic actions or motions exist, a means for
providing protection for the operator and fellow workers is required. This
protection shall be provided in a space from the floor or platform to a height of
2.1 m.
2.7 The methods of guarding are grouped as follows:
– Enclosure guards
– Interlocking guards
– Automatic guards
– Remote control, placement, feeding, and ejecting.
2.8 Fixed enclosure guards shall be used in preference to all others. They prevent
access to dangerous parts at all times by enclosing the hazardous operation
completely.
2.9 An interlocking barrier shall be considered when an enclosure guard is not
practicable. The interlocking barrier shall:
– Shut off or disengage the power to prevent the starting of the machine
when the guard is open.
– Guard the danger point before the machine can be operated.
– Keep the guard closed until the dangerous part is at rest, or stop the
machine when the guard is opened.
2.10 An automatic guard acts independently of the operator, repeating its cycle as
long as the machine is in motion. This type of guard removes the operator's
hands, arms, or body from the danger zone.
2.11 Although they are not guards in the technical sense, there are remote control,
placement, feeding and ejecting methods which can be used to accomplish the
same effect. Two-handed operating devices may be used to activate the
machine. These devices require simultaneous action of both hands of the
operator on electrical switch buttons, air controlled valves, or mechanical
levers. The actuating controls are so located as to make it impossible for the
operator to be able to move his hands from the controls to the danger zone
before the machine has completed its closing cycle. Hand tools may be used to
place or remove parts in conjunction with an enclosure, interlocking or
automatic guard.
2.12 Machine guards shall be designed so as to eliminate the hazard.
They must create no hazard of their own and must be sturdy
enough to withstand normal wear or flying broken parts.

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