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Signs Point to Prevention
 Excerpted
from Textile Rental
By
Ty Acton
While
equipment manufacturers often include a host of safety precautions
in their designs such as red automatic stop buttons and conveyor
guardrails, the automated machinery is still mindless. It’s
indifferent as to whether it’s pressing a sheet, a napkin
or a human. Reducing the need for contact with moving parts
and making it physically difficult to access the machinery
internals play key roles in preventing accidents.
The smooth
movement of today’s automated processing lines may create
a false sense of security among workers. In their desire to
perform their jobs well, they may skirt safety procedures
to free a jammed article. Freeing a towel by hand when it’s
caught on a metal shelf in an old, aluminum laundry cart is
hardly dangerous. But freeing a towel caught in the feed roll
of a flatwork ironer can be a perilous act. It must be discouraged.
A better,
more modern way to free a jam in an ironer is to install a
raising rig system, which instantly raises the rolls and stops
their rotation at the push of a button. Another effective
method is to dress the ironer with the proper roll cover in
the first place to promote smooth feeding and eliminate the
problem that entices workers to engage in risky behaviors.
Workers need to be trained and retrained to recognize when
such a situation could pose a safety hazard. A consistent,
preventative maintenance program covering gears, chains, steam
and electrical systems, pads, springs, covers and other aspects
also minimizes the potential for machinery miscues. For example,
consider ironer lubrication and cleaning. Performed on each
ironer at regular intervals throughout the day using the proper
wax, lubrication/cleaning allows flatwork to glide through
the ironer with ease.
Skipping
even one wax session allows dirt and grime to build up. That,
in turn, degrades product quality and triggers ‘go backs.’
Critically, it also can cause the feeding difficulties that
tempt workers to manually adjust or coax the flatwork into
the feed roll, thus risking injury. Workers need to learn
a healthy respect for the front roll.
Read
more ideas to strengthen safety in the laundry.
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