Safety topics in the engineering industry

Engineering machinery

There are many thousands of accidents and cases of ill health every year in engineering workshops. More than half of all such accidents reported to HSE involve lifting and moving goods or slips, trips and falls. Between 10 -15% of accidents involve the use of machinery. HSE has produced guidance on how to prevent or manage many of the risks.

CNC machining

• CNC turning machines: Controlling risks from ejected parts
• Engineering machine tools - Retrofitting CNC

Turning

• CNC turning machines: Controlling risks from ejected parts
• Accidents at metalworking lathes using emery cloth
• Engineering machine tools - Retrofitting CNC

Milling and machining centres

• Engineering machine tools - Retrofitting CNC

Drilling

• Guarding of spindles and attachments

Pressing

• Procedures for daily inspection and testing of mechanical power presses and press brakes
• Power presses: A summary of guidance on maintenance and thorough examination
• Safety in the use of hand- andfoot-operated presses

Grinding

• Safety in the use of abrasive wheels

Sawing

• Safety at manually-fed pivoting-head metal-cutting circular saws

Bending

• Safeguarding 3 roll bending machines

Boring

• Safeguarding at horizontal boring machines

Combination metalworking machines

• Safeguarding of combination metalworking machines

Drop forging and hot press work

• Safeguarding hot forging presses

Vehicles

• More on workplace transport

Slips and trips

• Oily floors in engineering workshop
• Slipping on dust in machinery workshop

• HSE slips and trips microsite

Electricity

• Safety in electrical testing at work - General guidance
• Electrical switchgear and safety: A concise guide for users
• Safety in electrical testing: Servicing and repair of domestic appliances
• Safety in electrical testing: Servicing and repair of audio, TV and computer equipment
• Safety in electrical testing: Switchgear and control gear
• Safety in electrical testing: Products on production lines

• HSE electricity microsite

Manual handling

• Preventing injuries from the manual handling of sharp edges in the engineering industry