Machine Guard Safety Video and DVD Excerpt: Every day we use machinery to make our jobs simpler and easier. With all of the positive things that machinery can accomplish it’s easy to forget that it can also be dangerous. In fact each year machine accidents result in thousands of serious injuries, and hundreds of deaths. Yet many of these accidents could have easily been avoided through the correct use of machine guards and safety devices. Just like a boxer who uses his hands and arms to defend himself machine safety guards create barriers that protect you from danger. This is protection you can’t do without because all machinery regardless of its size or speed can present hazards such as moving parts that can cut or crush, flying debris that can blind, and material that can kick back and cause severe injuries. Machine guards and safety devices protect workers by reducing their exposure to hazards, but before we begin talking about specific guards and devices we need to recognize where machine hazards are most likely to occur. Let’s start by looking at the different motions a machine can make. This will help us to identify potential hazards, and understand how machine guards and safety devices can be used to contain them.