CEMA Safety Bulletin BE 2026-02: Bucket Elevators

CEMA Safety Bulletin BE 2026-02: Warning and Safety Reminders for Bucket Elevators provides important guidance for the installation, operation, inspection, cleaning, and maintenance of bucket elevators.

Developed by the CEMA Joint Screw Conveyor and Bucket Elevator Section, this bulletin emphasizes proper guarding, risk assessment, energy isolation, and lockout procedures. It outlines minimum safety provisions intended to help contractors, installers, owners, and users recognize and address hazards associated with bucket elevator systems.

Topics include:

• Equipment covers, guards, railings, and fences
• Lockout procedures for inspection, cleaning, maintenance, and jam removal
• Guarding of conveyor feed openings
• Stored-energy hazards
• Equipment interlocking and secondary safety devices
• Safe handling of hazardous materials
• Warning-label placement and replacement
• Responsibilities of installers, owners, and equipment users

The bulletin also illustrates CEMA safety labels for exposed buckets and moving parts and reinforces that labels should be incorporated into a comprehensive workplace safety and training program.

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