For equipment that have hydraulic arms, when did it become a
manufacturing standard to place pins or other blocking devices to help
keep it from activating when being serviced?
Thanks. |
Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
20 Nov 2003 11:38 PST
In the United States, workplace safety issues are overseen by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- OSHA.
Many OSHA standards are specific to a particular industry, rather than
a particular equipment feature, such as "hydraulic arms". Most of the
regulations and advisories having to do with the type of situation you
are asking about -- preventing sudden, unexpected activation during
downtime -- have come into being in the past 10-12 years.
If you'd like, I can give you an overview of the key OSHA reguations
in this area as an answer to your question. However, I don't think
the regulations are specific to "hydraulic arms".
I can also check to see if there are any FACE reports -- Fatality
Assessment and Control Evaluation -- for fatal industrial accidents in
the U.S. involving equipment with hyrdraulic arms.
Let me know if this is of interest.
pafalafa-ga
|
Clarification of Question by
bong1-ga
on
21 Nov 2003 21:07 PST
Thank you. I am aware that OSHA has federal responsibility for
passing workplace laws that govern the safety of equipment during
maintenance, specifically in this case deactivating energy sources.
What I'm really interested in is: are there general "industry"
standards that govern how machines/equipment are designed and built to
protect workers during maintenance operations, specifically blocking
devices such as pins that would hold back the activation of a
hydraulic arm. An example of a general industry standard would
possibly be "ANSI" - the American National Standards Institute.
Thanks again!
|
Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
22 Nov 2003 06:47 PST
There are a lot of non-regulatory standards in industry, but as I said
earlier, they tend to be sector-specific rather than focused on a
particular component of a piece of equipment, such as a hydraulic arm.
Just as a "for instance", semiconductor equipment manufacturers have
an association known as SEMI that promotes safety standards in the
sector:
http://downloads.semi.org/pubs/SEMIPUBS.NSF/webstandardsSafety!OpenView
If you can be a bit more specific about the type of equipment you're
interested in, perhaps a researcher can track down the appropriate
voluntary industry standards.
|
Clarification of Question by
bong1-ga
on
22 Nov 2003 21:55 PST
Thanks. How about hydraulic arms for equipment made for sawmills?
|
