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Feasibility For Machine Guarding Is A Big Deal For Employers and Employees

FDR Safety

Finding safeguards for a specific task is challenging because a physical guard may not be feasible. This article is intended to introduce you to a long-accepted concept recognized in OSHA and ANSI standards but is not well known or understood. A feasibility assessment usually takes less than an hour.

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FDR Safety

Finding safeguards for a specific task is challenging because a physical guard may not be feasible. This article is intended to introduce you to a long-accepted concept recognized in OSHA and ANSI standards but is not well known or understood. A feasibility assessment usually takes less than an hour.

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The Myth Of Zero Energy And Its Adverse Impact On Prevention Through Design

FDR Safety

THIS ARTICLE IS FOCUSED ON prevention through design (PTD) and why use of the term “zero energy” lockout/tagout (LOTO) for all service and maintenance tasks creates a range of adverse impacts. The term “zero energy” is not the same as the control of hazardous energy, and is not found in any OSHA regulations or materials or in U.S.

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Adjusting During A Pandemic: Skepticism Abounds – It Can’t Happen to Me… or Can it? Part 2

FDR Safety

You can view Part 1 of this article here. Additionally, achieving acceptable risk shall include, at a minimum, complying with local, regional, and national regulations. Lastly, this blog does not intend to be the end all, but is designed to mentor by overviewing basic safety program organization and key concepts.

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2013 Interpretations of OSHA Regulations

Safety Services Company

Even while creating new regulations and amending current ones to fit the workplace’s changing safety standards, OSHA is hard at work providing guidance material to help employers follow their rules, and answering questions and providing guidance on existing rules. December 27, 2013.

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Some useful construction tips for quality control of concrete throughout construction

Construction Cost Estimating

This article is extracted from an exclusive construction article written by KAUSHAL KISHORE, well know consulting material engineer, and RAKESH SHARMA, Vice President Project of M/s Supertech Limited. These are supplied by gypsum and included in the final phases of cement manufacture as a set regulator.

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September 2014 newsletter

FDR Safety

The first thing to know is that the General Duty clause is not an OSHA regulation. These general duty provisions can be used by OSHA to issue a violation, but only where there is no OSHA regulation that applies to the particular hazard and the employer has its own employees exposed to the alleged hazard. The hazard was recognized.

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