Machine Guarding

Is your plant, machinery and equipment correctly guarded?

Does your current guarding meet 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 Guarding Principles and General Safety for Machinery”?

TriEx safety consultants can conduct an audit of your machinery and equipment to ensure it is appropriately guarded and meets the requirements of the legislation.
Our experienced staff 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?

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 experienced staff will provide a comprehensive report detailing practical guarding solutions to eliminate or reduce the risk of injury and make your workplace a safer place to be.


For further information please email helen.wilson@triex.co.nz or phone 343 2997.