I have recently been asked to help protect the safety of the workers at a light manufacturing plant. My new plant manager is very committed to safety and will often support actions that go beyond the ...

More than 800 fatalities and 18,000 amputations, lacerations, crushing injuries or abrasions involving workers who operate and maintain machinery occur every year, OSHA estimates. Hazard analysis and ...

A seafood processing worker suffered a severe hand injury after contacting an improperly adjusted bandsaw blade, highlighting the need for proper guarding. A seafood processing worker with more than ...

OSHA frequently cites employers for failing to comply with the machine guarding requirements described by 29 CFR 1910.212. In fact, this regulation landed on OSHA’s Top 10 Most Frequently Cited ...

A common mistake employers make is assuming new equipment for their facilities will have necessary machine guarding that meets OSHA requirements. Prevention of employee injuries should be a primary ...

Machine guarding is in the OSHA Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Violations each year. Perhaps your organization had a significant machine injury. Maybe you have machine guarding risk concerns at your ...

Machine guarding plays a pivotal role in ensuring workplace safety and preventing accidents. It involves the implementation of physical barriers, devices, or safety measures to shield workers from the ...

Fixed machine guards are a permanent part of the machine. Interlocked machine guards are built into the moving parts or power system of a machine and automatically shut off the machine if the guard is ...

Woodworkers, like those at Portland, OR-based The Joinery are as passionate about their work as they are about safety. A machine designed to re-form solid wood can also re-form the human body. That’s ...

Sensory Robotics’ UL Listed SR-1 fenceless robotics guarding system replaces 2D physical guarding with 3D monitoring defined in software. Despite their considerable mass and the speeds at which they ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) recently voted unanimously to vacate two machine-guard citations lodged against employers by the Occupational Safety and Health ...

Riddle: What's the fastest way to lose a finger or two? Answer: Bypass or disable the machine guarding capabilities on machinery. A Hopedale, Mass., plastics firm is learning an expensive lesson about ...