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*  Produced by:  Ontario Ministry of Labour                         *  
*  Provided by:  Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety *  
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INFO ALERT:  9  
  
DATE:  March 4, 1991  
  
  
*** HAZARD SUMMARY:  ***  CRITICAL INJURY - INJECTION MOULDING  
  
  In two separate incidents, two workers received serious crushing  
  injuries to and amputations of their hands when they attempted to reach  
  under the guards on injection moulding machines, to make adjustments to  
  the moulded parts without first locking out the equipment.  
  
  
*** LOCATION(S) AND SECTOR(S) WHERE HAZARD MAY BE ENCOUNTERED ***  
  
  Injection moulding machines.  
  
  
*** APPLICABLE SECTION(S) OF INDUSTRIAL REGULATIONS ***  
  
  These injuries could have been prevented if the machines were  
  properly guarded.  
  
  Section 28 of the Regulations for Industrial Establishments states  
  that:  
  
        "Where a machine or a prime mover or transmission equipment has  
        an exposed moving part that may endanger the safety of any worker,  
        the machine or prime mover or transmission equipment shall be  
        equipped with and guarded by a guard or other device that prevents  
        access to the moving part."  
  
  Section 46 of the Regulations for Industrial Establishments states  
  that:  
  
        "(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the power supply to  
        electrical installations, equipment or power lines shall be  
        disconnected and locked out of service prior to any work being  
        done on, or in proximity to, the installations, equipment or  
        power lines."  
  
  Section 79 of the Regulations for Industrial Establishments states  
  that:  
  
        "A part of a machine, transmission machinery, device or thing  
        shall be cleaned, oiled, adjusted, repaired or have maintenance  
        work performed on it only when,  
  
        (a)  motion that may endanger a worker has stopped;  and  
  
        (b)  any part that has been stopped and that may subsequently  
             move and endanger a worker has been blocked to prevent its  
             movement."  
  
  
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NOTE:  "Information Alert" is produced by the Industrial Health and  
       Safety Branch, Ministry of Labour.  The goal of this publication  
       is to communicate hazard information as soon as it becomes  
       available to prevent serious injury to workers.  Reproduction  
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