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

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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. All machinery contains hazards, and some level of residual risk.

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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. All machinery contains hazards, and some level of residual risk.

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What to Do When LOTO is Not Feasible

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I’m finding clients who have excellent lockout/tagout programs but who have not taken the necessary step of identifying tasks where LOTO is not feasible. It matters not that your procedure meets the test for acceptable risk and that power is essential. Your only recourse is to prove LOTO is not feasible.

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A Wake-up Message for Employers or An Ounce of Prevention…

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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. The post A Wake-up Message for Employers or An Ounce of Prevention… appeared first on FDRsafety.

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PTD Before Risk Assessment: A Historical Perspective

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This article presents a narrow slice of history as known by Mike Taubitz, beginning with employment at General Motors (GM). Applying lessons learned from individual projects was problematic because no practical risk assessment methodologies were in use. Download The Article Here . For a FREE consultation, please contact us.

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? Updated ANSI standards a significant tool for U.S. industry

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A new series of ANSI standards is now available to assist employers in assessing how to comply with OSHA standards, determine feasible safeguards or harmonize with ISO and U.S. American National Standard provides guidance for suppliers and users to achieve acceptable risk. The foreword of B11.0

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Are You Ready For An OSHA Audit?

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This blog is targeting small employers, especially those involved with sheet metal fabrication. 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.

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