Guarding the underside; The return side of a conveyor poses serious risks of its own.

The article discusses operations personnel work on or conveyors have awared of the need to guard potentially hazardous components such as gears, chains, pulleys and drive shafts. Topics include maintenance workers risk coming into contact with in-running nip points; and one solution has to completely isolate the rollers on the bottom of the belt behind a continuous barrier.