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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. For a FREE consultation, please contact us. Without a documented procedure, a serious injury is waiting to occur.

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

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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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Are You Ready For An OSHA Audit?

FDR Safety

This blog is targeting small employers, especially those involved with sheet metal fabrication. are all operations that often do not allow use of engineered safeguards like two hand controls, light screens, etc. Call us before you get hit with Serious or Willful citations. For a FREE consultation, please contact us.

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PTD Before Risk Assessment: A Historical Perspective

FDR Safety

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. For a FREE consultation, please contact us.

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The Myths Of Lockout/Tagout – Part 1

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OSHA: …lockout or tagout is not required by this standard if the employer can demonstrate that the alternative means enables the servicing employee to clean or unjam or otherwise service the machine without being exposed to unexpected energization or activation of the equipment or release of stored energy.

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Are Your Safety Policies Asking for Trouble?

FDR Safety

FDRsafety supports and promotes employers developing strong safety policies, training their employees and enforcing those policies. Enforcing machine lockout when lockout is not feasible. Using words like “Always…” in the policy. For a FREE consultation, please contact us. Let’s explore #5. appeared first on FDRsafety.

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