Machine Guarding

How safe is your machine guarding? Will it prevent a death or serious injury?

Does the machine guarding of all your machines and equipment meet all the requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, the Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995, Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act 2002 and the OSH “Guidelines for Machine Guarding Principles and General Safety for Machinery”?

Did you hear about these dreadful amputations earlier in the year?

  • In April a Wellington company was fined $30,000 and ordered to pay $5,000 reparations after an employee's finger was partially amputated..
  • In May two companies were fined $30,000 and $40,000 and ordered to pay reparations totalling $30,000 after one employee had his hand cut and broken and another had his arm amputated because of exposed and unguarded nip points.....

TriEx safety advisors are experts at machine guard safety and can conduct an inspection and audit of your machine guarding standards against machine guarding regulations to ensure they have appropriate machine guards to safe guard all your employees limbs ensuring you meet all your social and legal requirements of the legislation.


Our experienced team can analyse the different types of hazards associated with each machine and provide practical solutions to eliminate, isolate or minimise the hazard.

What’s involved with Machine Guarding Safety?

Machinery and equipment is audited for:

  • Trapping hazards
  • Impact and entanglement hazards
  • Friction and cutting hazards - abrasive wheels, cutting edges, revolving or reciprocating knives, saws, cutting tools, worms and spirals.
  • Projectile hazards - disintegration of abrasive wheels, cutting tool breakage, grip or clamp failure.
  • Other hazards - electrical components, hot metal parts, radiation and noise.

TriEx’s expert safety team will provide a comprehensive management report detailing practical guarding solutions to eliminate and reduce the risk of serious injury or death of an employee.

Dont let a member of your staff become a another dreadful safety statistic, call us today to book your machine guarding audit.


For further information please email helen.wilson@triex.co.nz or phone 0800 487 439.