Preface
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This safety guide provides employers and employees with important general safety information
they should know when they use laser cutting machines. Safety information for using laser
cutting machines is also available in the operator’s manuals of laser cutting machines and the
warning labels affixed to laser cutting machines. Before you use your laser cutting machine, fully
understand all of these pieces of safety information.
When your laser cutting machine is combined with a CNC turret punch press, also see the CNC
Turret Punch Press Safety Guide. The CNC turret punch press belongs to the category of power
presses (automatic presses) in the Industrial Safety and Health Act.
The safety guide describes residual risks of laser cutting machines. Fully recognize risks
associated with machine installation, worksheet setup, machine operation, inspection, cleaning
and maintenance, and other associated tasks. Implement risk reduction initiatives to suit the
environment of your shop and the methods of using your machine, and conduct safety education
for your workers at your responsibility as employer. The Industrial Safety and Health Act states
that employers must take machine safeguarding measures. (See “Responsibilities of employer”
on the next page.)
When a safeguarding device is retrofitted to your already installed machine, modification of the
machine and its control may be required. When you study what safeguarding devices to adopt,
please contact AMADA.
For risk reduction procedures by the employer, refer to the “Guidelines for the
Comprehensive Safety Standards of Machinery” published by the Ministry of Health,
Labour and Welfare (LSB Notification No. 0731001, revised on July 31, 2008). To see the
guidelines, go to the website of the Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association
(http://www.jaish.gr.jp), click the “Laws, Regulations and Notifications” button, enter “No.
07310001”, and find the LSB Notification No. 0731001.
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