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

FDR Safety

Maybe there was an injury, and you added a guard, but the guard made it difficult or impossible to unjam the equipment or operate the machine. Finding safeguards for a specific task is challenging because a physical guard may not be feasible. A feasibility assessment usually takes less than an hour.

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Auto Draft

FDR Safety

Maybe there was an injury, and you added a guard, but the guard made it difficult or impossible to unjam the equipment or operate the machine. Finding safeguards for a specific task is challenging because a physical guard may not be feasible. A feasibility assessment usually takes less than an hour.

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

In recent months, we at FDRsafety have been surprised at the number of cases involving injuries resulting from falling objects. While accidents are an unfortunate reality in industry, some involved trained workers being in the line of fire. Examples include: A skilled worker setting up a frame for welding and fabrication and a 400 lb.

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

In recent months, we at FDRsafety have been surprised at the number of cases involving injuries resulting from falling objects. While accidents are an unfortunate reality in industry, some involved trained workers being in the line of fire. Examples include: A skilled worker setting up a frame for welding and fabrication and a 400 lb.

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

FDR Safety

Achieving acceptable risk shall include reducing the likelihood of injury to a minimum. Without this consensus, workers, manager, and executives may go in different directions on what constitutes a hazard, a risk, and the appropriate level of controls, could result in a serious injury or fatality. 1] Lean Journey, M.

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Are You Ready For An OSHA Audit?

FDR Safety

OSHA sees great opportunity because your industry does realize finger injuries and amputations that are not realized in other companies where operators have automation and/or engineered safeguards to protect the point of operation. The good news is that FDRsafety can help. Even better is that our process is simple.

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The Complexity Of OSHA’s PSM Standard

FDR Safety

The Summit brought together safety and legal professionals from chemical manufacturing, petroleum refining, paper and other industries covered by OSHA’s PSM Standard and EPA’s RMP Rule, with officials from the relevant regulatory agencies. US industry is undergoing a massive loss of experienced workers as “Baby Boomers” leave the workforce.

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