Why Preventive Maintenance?
Preventive maintenance is predetermined work performed to a schedule with the aim of preventing the
wear and tear or sudden failure of equipment components. Preventive maintenance helps to:
Protect assets and prolong the useful life of the equipment
Improve system reliability
Decrease cost of replacement
Decreases system downtime
Reduce injury
Mechanical, process or control equipment failure can have adverse results in both human and economic
terms. In addition to down time and the costs involved to repair and/or replace equipment parts or
components, there is the risk of injury to the operators, and of acute exposures to chemical and/or
physical agents.
Preventive maintenance, therefore, is a very important ongoing accident prevention activity, which you
should integrate into the operations/manufacturing process.
WORKPLACE SAFETY THROUGH PREVENTIVE
MAINTENANCE
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