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Safe Work Procedure

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/ NC Shear / Job Performed By: / /

Required Personal Protective Equipment: Steel Toe Shoes, Safety Glasses, Gloves

GENERAL NOTES: Operate only with teacher's permission, and only after operation & safety procedures have been demonstrated and understood.

Job Safety Analysis:

Step / Description / Hazard / Controls
1 / Select material to be sheared from material rack and carry or roll to NC Shear. Aluminum is typically hand carried, steel is typically rolled on material cart / Back Injury--Cut / Lifting techniques - two people for handling larger more cumbersome pieces of material.--Gloves for hand protection from burrs on metal--
2 / Turn main power off. Set dimension of shear depth (width of cut) --Dimension is controlled electronically. / N/A / N/A
3 / Move material onto shear bench and push material up against shear guide. / Back Injury--Cut / Lifting techniques - two people for handling larger more cumbersome pieces of material--Gloves for hand protection from burrs on metal
4 / Turn main and machine power on. Cut material - Shear Blade is activated by --depressing guarded foot switch / Crush--Cut / Permanent Machine Guard protects operators fingers from getting --close to Shear Blade
5 / Turn main and machine power to off position. Material that has been cut is collected off of cart at rear of machine and carried or rolled to next --operation or back to material rack. / Back Injury--Cut / Lifting techniques - two people for handling larger more cumbersome pieces of material--Gloves to protect hands from burrs on material--Training workers in proper lifting techniques--Training in the operation and maintenance of the NC Shear should be mandatory for all machine shop employees.

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Page 1 of 2 Print Date: Dec/16/2003