Which machine does not typically require safeguards to prevent cutting hazards?

Which machine does not typically require safeguards to prevent cutting hazards?

• A. Exhaust machine
• B. Grinder
• C. Band saw
• D. Shaper

Answer: (A)

Guarding is needed on machines that have moving cutting parts to keep your hands and body away from the blade, wheel, or cutter. An exhaust machine doesn’t perform a cutting action, so there isn’t a cutting hazard to guard against in the same way. The other machines all expose a cutting element—grinders with rotating wheels, band saws with a moving blade, and shapers with a cutter—so they require guards to prevent contact with those dangerous moving parts. So, the exhaust machine typically does not require safeguarding specifically to prevent cutting hazards, while the others do.

Guarding is needed on machines that have moving cutting parts to keep your hands and body away from the blade, wheel, or cutter. An exhaust machine doesn’t perform a cutting action, so there isn’t a cutting hazard to guard against in the same way. The other machines all expose a cutting element—grinders with rotating wheels, band saws with a moving blade, and shapers with a cutter—so they require guards to prevent contact with those dangerous moving parts. So, the exhaust machine typically does not require safeguarding specifically to prevent cutting hazards, while the others do.