Custom Press Safety System

OSHA 1910.212(a) establishes the general machine guarding requirements that protect employees from points of operation, moving parts, in-running nip points, and flying debris. It forms the foundation for all other machine guarding rules.

OSHA 1910.212(a)(1) requires that one or more methods of machine guarding be provided to protect operators and nearby employees from rotating parts, flying chips, sparks, and other mechanical hazards. It defines the core duty to guard all dangerous machine motions.

OSHA 1910.212(a)(2) defines the construction and design requirements for machine guards, ensuring they are strong, secure, and effective in protecting workers from mechanical hazards without introducing new risks.

OSHA 1910.212(a)(3) requires that machines have point of operation guards to protect operators from contact with cutting, shaping, or forming actions. This rule ensures workers are shielded wherever material is fed into or removed from a machine.

ANSI B11.0 outlines the foundational requirements for machinery safety, including terminology, risk assessment, and risk reduction principles. It serves as the broad “Type A” standard that supports machine-specific standards in the B11 series such as B11.19 and B11.C-type documents.

B11.1 provides the industry consensus safety requirements for mechanical power presses, including design, guarding, control systems, modification, risk assessment, and safe operation of these machines.

B11.12 specifies safety requirements for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of roll-forming and roll-bending machines, helping reduce hazards in these high-speed metal-shaping processes.

B11.2 provides industry consensus safety requirements for hydraulic and pneumatic power presses—machines that transmit force via hydraulic or pneumatic systems to form, cut, or assemble materials—and outlines design, guarding, control and lifecycle responsibilities.

B11.24 defines safety requirements for transfer machines—machines with multiple stations and workpiece transport systems—covering design, construction, operation, maintenance, and transport.

B11.3 provides safety requirements specifically for power press brakes — covering machine design, operation, guarding, control modes, and lifecycle responsibilities to protect operators from hazards in bending operations.

ISO 13849-1 (2015) provides guidance for the design and integration of safety-related parts of control systems (SRP/CS) on machinery, including performance levels (PLs), architectural categories, diagnostics, and software aspects.

ISO 13849-2:2012 provides the procedures and conditions for validating safety-related parts of control systems (SRP/CS) on machinery—ensuring safety functions meet design specs, category targets and performance levels via analysis and testing.

ANSI Z244.1 defines industry-consensus requirements for the control of hazardous energy during machine servicing and maintenance, including lockout, tagout, and alternative methods when traditional LOTO is not feasible.