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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. OSHA AND FEASIBILITY The OSH Act is the relevant law, and OSHA standards are the relevant regulations for most employers and employees in the United States. 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. OSHA AND FEASIBILITY The OSH Act is the relevant law, and OSHA standards are the relevant regulations for most employers and employees in the United States. A feasibility assessment usually takes less than an hour.

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

load and improperly used a come-along attached to the load to align and install a precision shaft. Cases like this leave us asking “what can be done?”. However, the ability for any management to foresee the thousands of maintenance tasks where a skilled worker must deal with gravity is not practicable nor feasible. The 7500 lb.

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

load and improperly used a come-along attached to the load to align and install a precision shaft. Cases like this leave us asking “what can be done?”. However, the ability for any management to foresee the thousands of maintenance tasks where a skilled worker must deal with gravity is not practicable nor feasible. The 7500 lb.

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The Myths Of Lockout/Tagout – Part 1

FDR Safety

We continue to encounter many mistaken beliefs about OSHA’s regulation CFR,1910.147 , The Control of Hazardous Energy. In this blog, we address the “myths” of Lockout/Tagout using verbatim quotes from OSHA’s Preamble to the regulation ( OSHA text in bold italics ). Myth: Lockout must be done, even if it is not feasible.

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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.

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5 Questions Regarding OSHA’s Pending IIPP Standard

Safety Services Company

OSHA is working on the creation of a new standard that would require employers nationwide to establish a thorough, written injury and illness prevention program (IIPP). Why does OSHA want employers to have an Injury and Illness Prevention Program? Employers would tailor the program to the size and nature of their workplace.

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