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Are You Ready For An OSHA Audit?

FDR Safety

Of necessity, your work involves workers being close to the point of operation for many tasks. Spot welders, riveters, manual forming machines, etc. are all operations that often do not allow use of engineered safeguards like two hand controls, light screens, etc. The good news is that FDRsafety can help.

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5 Ways To Ensure Safety On The Jobsite

Construction Marketing

This encompasses the procedures, policies, and safety equipment and tools that have to be observed to mitigate the risk of many workplace accidents. This means that once you set foot in your workplace, you have to be on your guard and alert so as not to meet an accident at work. Now, you meet an accident and injure your hand.

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Can metal lathes be made safe?

FDR Safety

A simple interlocked chuck guard connected via a Category 4 control system in accordance with AS 4024.1 that prevents the machine from starting while open will remove or significantly reduce most lathe safety risks…. Innovations in safeguarding can often be incorporated when designing and building new machines. Back to lathes.

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April 2014 newsletter

FDR Safety

Does OSHA Understand its Own Machine and Equipment Guarding Directive? Does OSHA Understand its Own Machine and Equipment Guarding Directive? Machine and equipment guarding by location or position is a topic the two of us have discussed many times in recent months. Join Our Mailing List.

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Facilities Maintenance Checklist and Procedures

Job Order Contracting

Review the Standard Operating Procedure for “Controlling Hazardous Energy Sources”. Check Bollard/Barricade activation devices for proper operation (auto/manual/emergency) 8. Check Bollard operation under no power. Recommended Tools, Materials, and Equipment: 1. Recommended Tools, Materials, and Equipment: 1.

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#10 Machine Guarding: Examining Top OSHA Violations of 2013

Safety Services Company

Contained within OSHA regulation 1910.212 are the basic instructions for providing guarding on all machines. Guard machines where their operation exposes an employee to injury. Fasten the guards to machine when you can, and somewhere else when you can’t. Guard openings need to be smaller than ½ inch.

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#10 Machine Guarding: Examining Top OSHA Violations of 2013

Safety Services Company

Contained within OSHA regulation 1910.212 are the basic instructions for providing guarding on all machines. Guard machines where their operation exposes an employee to injury. Fasten the guards to machine when you can, and somewhere else when you can’t. Guard openings need to be smaller than ½ inch.

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