OSHA #2045 Machinery and Machine Guarding Standards

Class description

Please note, this course is being conducted at the HAMMER Federal Training Center, and REGISTRATION IS RESTRICTED to Hanford workforce employees, for example, employees or subcontractors of H2C, HMIS, CPCCo, DOE, or BPA. If you have questions about your eligibility to register, please call or email our office at 800-326-7568 or ce@uw.edu.

This course covers the various types of common machinery, machine safe guards, and related OSHA regulations and procedures.  Guidance is provided on the hazards associated with various types of machinery and the determination of proper machine safe guards.  Course topics include machinery processes, mechanical motions, points of operation, control of hazardous energy sources (lockout/tagout), guarding of portable powered tools, and common OSHA machine guarding violations.  Program highlights include the ability to recognize hazards and provide options for control and hazard abatement through machine safeguarding inspection workshops.  Upon course completion students will have the ability to describe common machine hazards and sources of energy, identify resources for assisting with machine guarding issues, and determine methods of control and hazard abatement, and selection of appropriate machine safe guards.  

SCHEDULE

July 14–17, 2025
7:00 am to 3:00 pm | Monday–Thursday

REGISTRATION NOTES

WHAT TO BRING
You will need to show the instructor a government issued photo ID containing your legal name.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE IN YOUR COURSE PACKET
Course manuals, CFR 1910 General Industry Regulations in both print and digital format, and printed handouts and activities relevant to OSHA machine guarding standards.