Safeguarding Machinery

2. Means an independent Canadian testing and standards-making organization.
4. Means a type of safeguard consisting of a physical cover or barrier that restricts but does not prevent access to a hazardous moving part or a point of operation.
6. Means the point of danger area in a machine where a part is being formed or the point where work is being done.
7. Means the part of a machine that transfers power from a power source to a point of operation.
9. Means the quick stopping of a machine by actuation of an switch (such as a safety interlock switch, push button switch, rope-pull switch, foot switch, or other actuating device.
10. Means an area of a machine or process which presents a potential risk of danger to personnel.
13. Means protecting personnel from hazards using guards, barriers, safety devices and/or safe working procedures.
14. Means a type of barrier guard, fixed or movable guard which, when opened, stops machine operation.

1. Means a systematic way of quantifying the relative level of risk and danger different types of machine hazards present to the machine operator and/or maintenance personnel.
3. Means a predetermined area scanned by a light beam within which the presence of an opaque object of specified minimum size will result in the generation of a control signal.
5. Means an electronic and/or electromechanical safety device designed expressly for monitoring the integrity of a machine’s safety system.
8. Means the use of a guard, safety device, shield, awareness barrier, warning signs or other appropriate means, either singly or in combination, to provide effective protection to workers from hazards.
11. Means the duplication of control circuits and/or components such that if one component/circuit should fail the other (redundant) component/circuit will ensure safe operation.
12. Means a type of safeguard consisting of a physical barrier that prevents a worker from reaching over, under, around or through the barrier to a moving part or point of operation.