HOW TO PROTECT ROBOT MAINTENANCE WORKERS

摘要

This article addresses the problem of protecting robot maintenance workers. Safety professionals, when determining necessary safeguarding measures, are urged to look beyond the individual robot and at the complete Robot System. They are also reminded of the fact that maintenance and repair on a robot system may require that the power be on. The article goes on to examine hazard types, hazard sources, accident experience, maintenance safeguarding, and system hazard analysis procedures. In conclusion, emphasis is placed on the extreme importance of training thoroughly all personnel responsible for the maintenance of a particular robot system. Such training and refresher training is deemed essential because different safeguarding methods or procedures may be used within a single plant for maintaining different robot systems.