During recent workplace inspections, WorkSafe Inspectors have discovered several wool presses which have been inadequately guarded. The majority of wool presses inspected have had an emergency stop button or safety bar incorporated into the machine, designed to stop the press if actuated, but have had no means of guarding to prevent operators from entering the danger zone of the press in the first instance.
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