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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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The Myth Of Zero Energy And Its Adverse Impact On Prevention Through Design

FDR Safety

Examples of such impacts are: •impeding efficient and effective equipment designs when tasks (e.g., Examples of such impacts are: •impeding efficient and effective equipment designs when tasks (e.g., national consensus standards (e.g., because many production, service and maintenance tasks require some form of energy.

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Important LOTO Ruling for Die Changes

FDR Safety

A decision by the Occupational Safety Health and Review Commission offers importance guidance to all industries, particularly stamping, about when OSHA’s lockout/tagout regulations should be applied and when not. Power to the press is necessary to set a die in order to move the ram and die …”. This decision is important for all industry.

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2013 Interpretations of OSHA Regulations

Safety Services Company

Even while creating new regulations and amending current ones to fit the workplace’s changing safety standards, OSHA is hard at work providing guidance material to help employers follow their rules, and answering questions and providing guidance on existing rules. Does maintenance have to be trained on new equipment?

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Common Sense Workplace Safety

Safety Services Company

When thinking about safety you should consider: Are you using the appropriate personal protective equipment for the job? Is there a plan in place on how to avoid injury, and are there first aid procedures in case of injury. Make sure you know the regulations that apply to your work environment and how to comply with them.

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OSHA extends temporary fall protection measures again

Safety Services Company

This good faith reduction does not apply in cases of a fatality, catastrophe, or serious injury resulting from a fall during residential construction activities. This policy does not apply in cases of a fatality, catastrophe, or serious injury resulting from a fall during residential construction activities.

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