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    Construction Safety Guidelines No. 12 provides guidelines for operating bench grinders safely. Key points include: ensuring guards are properly installed and maintained; selecting the correct abrasive wheel for the job; properly mounting, balancing, and replacing wheels; displaying safety notices and training operators; and requiring proper personal protective equipment like face shields. Operators must be trained and any maintenance of abrasive wheels must be done by experienced personnel only.

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    Construction Safety Guidelines No. 12 provides guidelines for operating bench grinders safely. Key points include: ensuring guards are properly installed and maintained; selecting the correct abrasive wheel for the job; properly mounting, balancing, and replacing wheels; displaying safety notices and training operators; and requiring proper personal protective equipment like face shields. Operators must be trained and any maintenance of abrasive wheels must be done by experienced personnel only.

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    Construction Safety Guidelines No. 12 provides guidelines for operating bench grinders safely. Key points include: ensuring guards are properly installed and maintained; selecting the correct abrasive wheel for the job; properly mounting, balancing, and replacing wheels; displaying safety notices and training operators; and requiring proper personal protective equipment like face shields. Operators must be trained and any maintenance of abrasive wheels must be done by experienced personnel only.

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    Construction Safety Guidelines No.

    12

    Bench Grinders

    DETAILS OF MACHINE

    GURADING

    REST BRACKETS

    RPM to be displayed on the Ensure that the guard is fixed to Rest bracket should be properly machine. the machine. secured & must be adjustable. Emergency stop button must be Guard must be replaced after Maintain a gap of 3mm located on the machine. carrying out any maintenance between the rest bracket and the Keep the area around machine work if any. face of abrasive wheel. clear of all materials. Cover the abrasive wheels after Keep the rest bracket in Keep the machine switched off work is completed. horizontal position. when not in use.

    ABRASIVE WHEELS

    SAFETY NOTICES / PPE

    TRAINING & USE

    Select the correct wheel for the job to be grinded. Ensure that the safe peripheral speed of the wheel is not exceeded. Abrasive wheels shall be mounted, balanced & dressed by trained and experienced person. Ensure that wheels are mounted using washers / blotters. Do not use wheels that have been dropped or cracked. It should give clear ringing sound. Worn out wheels must be replaced immediately.

    Display safety notices in the languages easily understood by the operators. Display names of the operators authorized to operate the machine. It is the responsibility of the contractor to provide appropriate PPE like face shield or safety goggles. Area supervisors will ensure that the operator uses the issued PPE.

    Provide appropriate training to the workers. Do not apply excessive pressure on to the wheels. Never grind on sides of the wheel. Do not try to stop the rotating wheel by hand. Any person mounting, balancing or dressing an abrasive wheel must be trained & appointed in writing.

    EHS/GL#12/Rev-00

    April 2007

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