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FDR Safety
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
national standards dealing with the safety requirements for general industry machines. At the recent ASSE Professional Development Conference, there was considerable focus on risk assessment, voluntary standards and prevention through design. The primary reason to become familiar with ANSI B11 is that it guides risk assessment.
FDR Safety
OCTOBER 27, 2015
Safety professionals concerned with safety, efficiency and compliance should have the concepts of “acceptable risk” and “feasibility” in the forefront of their thinking. In every case, the “acceptable risk” and “feasibility” of lockout/tagout or machine guarding was the central issue. ANSI B11.0
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Safety Services Company
AUGUST 6, 2021
_. When you’re just starting out in the safety field, it’s important to embrace the idea that you don’t know it all. shares some hard-earned lessons for new safety professionals. shares some hard-earned lessons for new safety professionals. Lessons for new safety professionals. Safety certifications are important.
FDR Safety
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
FDRsafety supports and promotes employers developing strong safety policies, training their employees and enforcing those policies. Enforcing machine lockout when lockout is not feasible. The good news is that Task Based Risk Assessment offers a viable methodology for deciding what to do. Let’s explore #5.
FDR Safety
JULY 25, 2018
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. Call me… A few minutes of discussion could possibly improve your safety program and LOTO procedures. Former No.
FDR Safety
JULY 16, 2018
Many, if not most safety courses, are designed for administrative issues of compliance. We use risk assessment and feasible risk reduction methodology that is part of the ANSI B11 family of general industry machine safety standards. Risk assessment is done with a clipboard and pencil on the factory floor.
FDR Safety
JUNE 23, 2014
An article on an Australian safety website described the tragic death of a worker whose coat was caught in a lathe and asked the question that is the title of this article: Can metal lathes be made safe? The article went on to offer the following ideas: “How can these risks be minimised? Back to lathes. The problem with work-arounds.
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