The unprotected driving gear on these honey pumps at floor level is a danger to workers wearing loose clothing, and an additional and grave hazard in the pump above is the electric wires passing loosely under the counter-shaft-to the control switch. Safety precautions should include guards or fences which will prevent any person or his clothing touching moving machinery. Sometimes complete enclosure is required.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZJAG19541115.2.51.5
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 89, Issue 5, 15 November 1954, Page 521
Word Count
64The unprotected driving gear on these honey pumps at floor level is a danger to workers wearing loose clothing, and an additional and grave hazard in the pump above is the electric wires passing loosely under the countershaft-to the control switch. Safety precautions should include guards or fences which will prevent any person or his clothing touching moving machinery. Sometimes complete enclosure is required. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 89, Issue 5, 15 November 1954, Page 521
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Journal of Agriculture. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this journal for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 International license. This journal is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this journal, please refer to the Copyright guide.