Guillotine / Mechanical Shear Operation(PUWER)

Guillotine and mechanical shearing machines introduce serious hazards including crushing, severing injuries, trapping at the blade, manual handling of sheet material and ejected offcuts. This risk assessment provides clear, PUWER aligned control measures and is fully editable in Microsoft Word to suit your specific guillotine type, guarding arrangements and fabrication processes.

A simple and reliable way to control cutting risks, protect operators and support safe, compliant sheet metal operations.

Templates must be reviewed and adapted for each workplace by a competent person. Simple Safety accepts no liability for their use.