Best Practice 1: Display a List of Persons
Trained & Authorized to Operate, Mount &
Dress Grinding Wheels at or Near the Grinder
In most workplaces, only employees properly
trained in the safe use of equipment should operate
it. Companies spend many resources preparing
workers to safely use grinders, but as time passes it
becomes less clear who is trained and authorized.
This problem is amplified in workplaces where
workers and/or supervisors change frequently.
Displaying and using a list of authorized users
will demonstrate management’s commitment to
reducing dangerous practices, including the unauthorized
use of grinders by untrained employees.
Figure 1 presents an excerpt from a sample form.