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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

While accidents are an unfortunate reality in industry, some involved trained workers being in the line of fire. load and improperly used a come-along attached to the load to align and install a precision shaft. load and improperly used a come-along attached to the load to align and install a precision shaft. The 7500 lb.

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

While accidents are an unfortunate reality in industry, some involved trained workers being in the line of fire. load and improperly used a come-along attached to the load to align and install a precision shaft. load and improperly used a come-along attached to the load to align and install a precision shaft. The 7500 lb.

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ANSI B11 and risk assessment: The best kept secret in safety

FDR Safety

Risk assessment, or RA for short, will guide you in the application of feasible risk reduction controls. If enough safety professionals are using risk assessment, perhaps we can influence ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) and academia to similarly adopt the method for educating engineers. Accident Prevention'

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A Wake-up Message for Employers or An Ounce of Prevention…

FDR Safety

What’s often missed and not understood is the in-between, where tasks are not minor servicing but LOTO is not feasible. In situations where LOTO is not feasible, an ALTERNATIVE METHOD is needed. For a FREE consultation, please contact us. Without a documented procedure, a serious injury is waiting to occur.

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Are You Ready For An OSHA Audit?

FDR Safety

We use risk assessment and feasible risk reduction methodology that is part of the ANSI B11 family of general industry machine safety standards. Photos and sticky notes of failed attempts to produce feasible guards all suffice to give your organization answers to OSHA’s questions about why you did – or didn’t do – something.

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Can metal lathes be made safe?

FDR Safety

Those same innovations are often not feasible for retrofit – that’s the reason for my passion around the concepts of “Design-in Safety” and “Prevention thru Design” (PtD). the US National Standard for Manual Turning Machines with or without Automatic Control, is mute on the ideas offered in this article.

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Are Your Safety Policies Asking for Trouble?

FDR Safety

Enforcing machine lockout when lockout is not feasible. Using words like “Always…” in the policy. For a FREE consultation, please contact us. Such situations could include: Moving materials when more than one worker is involved. Never remove a guard unless the machine is locked out”. Let’s explore #5.

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