Safe Work Procedure

Troubleshooting of Blockage Waste Baler and Cyclone

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C - 22 April 2021
Mr. Ahmad Syouqi Mr. Ooi Cheng Keat Mr. Ahmad Syouqi
ISHE Dept ESHMR ISHE Dept R-1

Hazard Present: Personal Protective Equipment and Additional Training

Devices Required: Requirement:

• Cardboard cut on hands • Safety gloves • Job specific training

• Eye injury • Eye protection/Safety goggles • Safe lifting procedures
• MSD due to lifting, or • Hearing protection/Ear plug 32 dB
push/pulling • Closed toe shoes/Full cover safety
• Slip/trip shoes
• Noise induced hearing • Metal bar tool
loss • Hook tool
•Fall from high • Operation manual for baler
•Stuck in between •Safety Harness

Safe Work Procedure:

Troubleshooting of blockage

• If it seems to be inoperable (trouble shooting blockage) for any reason, stop

the baler and tell your supervisor immediately.
• Before performing maintenance, the baler and associated equipment,
including conveyors, cyclone and rams, must be locked and tagged out.
• Emergency stops should be easily accessible from any point along the
operating line, including on the infeed conveyor. Balers, conveyors and
cyclone should be interlocked so stopping one automatically stops the
other.
• Allow for safe clearances between machinery and adjacent aisles or
passageways, and clearly mark permanent aisles and passageways.
• Ground motors and other electrical equipment.
• Keep walking and working surfaces clean and dry and install railings or fall
protection where the vertical distance between these surfaces exceeds 4
feet.
• Designate and enforce a safety zone, which is where the operator of the
equipment must be while the equipment is operating.
• Keep suspended loads clear of walking and working areas, power lines,
obstructions, buildings and other hazardous locations.
• Provide suitable drainage in the baling pit or chamber.
• Operators of the machinery and of material handling equipment should
maintain positive contact with each either visually or by radio or a similar
device.

THIS TASK MUST ONLY BE PERFORMED BY TRAINED EMPLOYEES!!!

 Safe Work Procedure:
Lock-Out Tag-Out (LOTO)

Safe work procedures must be followed when performing maintenance, housekeeping and
repair works on electrical equipment.

The Lock-Out Tag-Out (LOTO) system must be implemented. The system should cover
the following actions minimally:

• De-energising the machine before commencing any maintenance or repair;

• Turning off the machine;
• Deactivating energy isolating devices e.g., circuit breaker, disconnect switch;
• Setting lockout and/or tag-out control switches to an “off” or “safe” position;
• Releasing or blocking stored energy;
• Testing operating controls by pressing/turning the “on” position to ensure the
machine does not start up, then returning operating controls to the “off” position;
• Performing the necessary maintenance or repair;
• Removing tools and other items, and reinstalling machine guards when work is
completed;
• Removing locks and tags; and
• Turning on energy and testing to make sure machine is working properly.