Entrapment Rescue
(Power Presses)

Program Objectives:

To provide a clear understanding of the component parts of both mechanical and hydraulic power presses necessary to make competent entrapment rescue decisions through theory and practical training.

To provide a guideline for developing entrapment rescue procedures for individual presses

Program Content:

• Legal requirements and the CSA standard (Z142-2)
• A clear understanding of component parts of various power presses
• How the different power presses function
• 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
• Proper use of the air counterbalance system during rescue
• Importance of blocking the danger area and ram drifting on hydraulic presses
• Proper use of jacks
• Determining crankshaft position and direction of the flywheel and gears
• First aid requirements
• Sample entrapment rescue procedures for hydraulic and mechanical presses
• Requirements for notification and disturbance of the accident scene
• Actual simulation of an entrapment on the shop floor.
  

 

Suggested Participants:

Press operators, millwrights, electricians, first aiders, die setters, supervisors, group leaders, and health & safety committee members.

Program Duration: One day (maximum group size is 20)

 

 

 

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