Originally Posted by
Rod Sheridan
Although I'm very sorry to hear of the injuries, this is a guy who absolutely should not be producing safety videos.
His lack of recognition of the most important aspect of safety when using machinery was evident.
1) he removed the guard and riving knife/splitter. This is a firing offence in industry for good reason, any time you have to remove the guard, you're either doing something you shouldn't be doing, or you're using the wrong machine or guard.
Yes, he had wrong hand position, blade height and lack of push devices, however having the riving knife and guard in place would have prevented the kickback and blade contact injuries.
I'm not sure why it's so hard to understand that the safety devices should never be removed except for machine adjustment/tooling changes with the machine locked out.
I guess it's because so few operators have had any training by qualified personnel.
Regards, Rod.