Guarding woodworking bandsaws: A health and safety solution

How to reduce or eliminate the workplace health and safety risks of unguarded, ineffectively guarded or poorly maintained bandsaws.
Last updated

Jul 2010

Reading level

easy

File Type and Size

PDF, 792.82 kB

Document Length

2 pages

What it contains

Unguarded, ineffectively guarded or poorly maintained bandsaws are a serious workplace health and safety risk. This health and safety solution advises workplaces how to reduce injury risks. It explains:

  • the most effective guards for bandsaws
  • what these guards are and what they must do
  • safe working systems to reduce or eliminate these risks
  • your responsibilities in training and supervising workers
  • your responsibilities in maintaining bandsaws
  • your responsibilities in documenting your machine’s maintenance