General information
There are many hazards related to machinery that need to be controlled to ensure everyone's safety.
Workplaces within the University vary widely in the risks they expose people to, from relatively benign offices and classrooms, to potentially hazardous workshops and plant rooms.
Machinery is designed to drive various transmissions and shape and form components, therefore human flesh and bone is shown no mercy if caught amongst these working dangerous parts. Respect the machine and it will respect you.
Machine hazards and potential injuries
Entanglement
- Laceration, open wounds
- Related hazards: Noise
- Various controls: Guarding systems
Trapping
- Amputations
- Related hazards: Radiation
- Various controls: Fixed guards
Impact
- Crushing
- Related hazard: Electrical
- Various controls: Interlock guards
Friction
- Penetrating puncture wounds
- Related hazard: Dust
- Various controls: Safe by position
Cutting
- Degloving of body parts
- Related hazards: Fumes
- Various controls: Photo electric beams
Projectile
- Fractures, burns
- Related hazards: Vapours, water
- Various controls: Comprehensive training and supervision, comprehensive maintenance and programmes, comprehensive procedures, safe operation, lockout procedures for cleaning and maintenance, machinery instruction manuals
Our protocol
University protocol is designed to provide guidance for those people who use tools and machinery. Where a separate protocol applies to a specific work activity (i.e. lasers, laboratory safe methods of use, working at height, etc.), the specific protocol takes precedence.
If further information is required, please contact Health, Safety and Wellbeing.
Standard
The document sets the University’s key requirements and expectations, which must be followed, to ensure safer people, equipment, and workplaces.
Look now: Machinery and Plant Standard
Competency matrix
The competency matrix describes the roles relevant to those workplaces using machinery and plant, the relevant training requirements, and classifies machinery and plant into risk groups depending on complexity and operating power.
Guidelines
The guidance gives you the extra information you need to meet the University standard.
You should also look at our page on procedures.
View now: Procedures
Industry information
Guidance for industry has been developed by WorksafeNZ and has been used to develop this protocol.
Safe work instructions (SWIs)
Safe Work Instructions (SWIs) are a basic, one-page aide-memoire that prompts users to use the correct Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and outlines the likely hazards that will be encountered with a particular machine. Of equal importance, they also outline correct pre-use, operational, and shutdown checks that need to be carried out.
As SWIs are developed and approved, they will be placed here so users can simply download the SWI that is relevant for the machines they are using. If you need an SWI that is not available you can download the SWI Template to create a new or variant instruction.
Please note that any modification to an existing SWI or the creation of a new document must be brought to the attention of the Health and Safety managers. These are controlled documents and it will assist in sharing improvements across the University community.
Contact us with any queries: Health, Safety and Wellbeing.
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Document Control
Version: 1.0
Last Updated: Dec 2019
Next Review: Dec 2022
Owner: hsw@auckland.ac.nz
Approver: Associate Director, Health Safety & Wellbeing