2019年5月17日 · Examples of wrap points include power take-off (PTO) and secondary shafts on any machine, post-hole diggers, augers, and tines or blades on manure spreaders. One of the most common wrap point hazards is the PTO unit, which rotates at a speed of at least 540 rpm, or nine rotations per second, when operating at full recommended speed.

2016年10月18日 · Wrap Points – Wrap points are found on rotating shafts or rods and can catch a sleeve, cuff or pant leg. You can quickly be pulled into a piece of equipment if you are caught in a wrap point. Motor shafts and axles are good examples of wrap points. Safety precautions for pinch, shear or wrap points include:

2021年11月2日 · Wrap point injuries can affect employees for the rest of their lives – and have serious liability impacts for businesses. Learn how to prevent against these incidents as an employer or manufacturer.

Individuals can be caught in a wrap point by their loose clothing or long hair. Guards can protect the operator from wrap points. Attention to dress and care of long hair is important as well. A shear point occurs when the edges of two machine parts move across or close enough to each other to cut a relatively soft material.

Once a finger, thread, article of clothing, or hair is caught it begins to wrap; pulling only causes the wrap to become tighter. Shear Points. Where the edges of two moving parts move across one another or where a single sharp part moves with enough speed or force to cut soft material.

General machinery hazards include thrown objects, pinch, crush, wrap and shear points. Injuries can be serious, including amputations or death! It is important to recognize and be alert for machinery hazards and take precautions to avoid injury.

Farm equipment hazards can include: Wrap Points: Any exposed equipment component that rotates at high speed or with a high degree of torque. Injuries occur because of entanglement with the part. The most common wrap points are associated with drive shafts or power take - off shafts.

2011年9月28日 · Any type of rotating machine component can be considered a wrap point. The rotating components are often shafts such as the power take-off (PTO). People can be caught by loose clothing or long hair.

A cuff, sleeve, pant leg, long hair or just a thread can catch a rotating part and result in serious injury. Entanglement with a wrap point can pull you into the machine, or clothing may become so tightly wrapped that you are crushed or suffocated.

Wrap Points Rotating shafts are the most common source of wrap point accidents, although any exposed machine part that rotates can be a wrap point. A cuff, sleeve, pant leg or just a thread can catch on a rotating part and result in serious injury.