Entrapment Rescue (General Machinery)
To provide information regarding suitable entrapment rescue equipment and methods of rescue through theory and practical training. To also provide a guideline for developing entrapment rescue procedures for individual machines.
Entrapment Rescue Outline
- Legal requirements and the CSA standard (Z432-04)
- Reducing the risk of entrapment through guarding and lockout
- Discussion of who is needed on the rescue team
- Necessary rescue equipment and the rescue storage box
- Overriding guards and controls that may delay a rescue
- Importance of blocking the danger area and ram drifting on hydraulic machines
- Proper use of jacks
- First aid requirements
- Sample entrapment rescue procedures
- Requirements for notification and disturbance of the accident scene
- Actual simulation of an entrapment on the shop floor.
Suggested Participants
Machine operators, millwrights, electricians, first aiders, supervisors, group leaders, and health & safety committee members.