Annual Safety Audit Checklist for Deep Hole Drills
I run an annual safety audit on every deep hole drilling machine in the shop. The audit takes about two hours per machine and catches problems that daily and weekly checks miss. In my experience, the annual audit typically finds 6-10 issues per machine that were not caught by routine checks. About 20% of those are serious enough to require immediate corrective action before the machine can run again. Emergency Stop and Interlock Systems The emergency stop circuit is the most critical safety system on the machine. I test it methodically, not by just pressing the button once. ...