Okuzeka
Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing vocabulary · Plant Safety

Emergency stop

Meaning in industrial engineering & manufacturing, with examples

nounCore term

In industrial engineering & manufacturing, emergency stop means: A large red button or switch, usually on a yellow background, that stops a machine as quickly as possible in a dangerous situation. Shortened to E-stop.

In Turkish: acil stop, acil durdurma butonu, acil durdurma

How it is used

Every operator should know where the emergency stops are. People press or hit the E-stop, and it must be reset before the machine restarts. E-stops are tested regularly, and pull cords along conveyors do the same job.

Example sentences

  1. When she saw the operator's glove caught in the rollers, she hit the emergency stop at once.

  2. Test every emergency stop on the line at the start of each week.

Common collocations

  • press the emergency stop
  • E-stop button
  • reset the E-stop
  • emergency stop test
  • pull cord
  • machine guardingPhysical barriers and safety devices, such as fixed covers, interlocked doors and light curtains, that keep people away from the dangerous moving parts of machines.
  • lockout/tagoutA safety procedure in which machines are shut off and their energy sources are locked and tagged before maintenance, so they cannot be started by accident. Shortened to LOTO.
  • hazardAnything that could cause harm, injury or ill health, such as moving machine parts, chemicals, noise, electricity or a wet floor.
  • PPEShort for personal protective equipment: safety glasses, gloves, helmets, ear protection, safety shoes and other gear that protects workers from hazards.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

More terms: Plant Safety

Practise with graded reading

Reading at the right level is the fastest way to make new words stick. Pick free English books by level: