As a safety professional, you work every day to ensure employees are safe and productive. You provide the appropriate training, reinforce basic safety concepts, and provide necessary PPE. You are ...

A standards-based design approach can right-size a safety system to its required performance level. It happens all the time: Machine safety systems are built to the incorrect safety level and create ...

Machine safety is an essential part of the factory floor to help reduce accidents and ensure a safe work environment. According to accidents reported under RIDDOR in 2017, 9% of fatal injuries were ...

Lack of understanding of OSHA machine guard regulations continues to make machine safeguarding one of OSHA's Top 10 violations. Machine guarding is one of OSHA's Top 10 most cited violations year ...

Nearly every industrial company cites worker safety as its top priority. But making statements about safety is very different from actual implementation. With standards varying around the world and ...

The manufacturing industries now represent the bulk of ransomware attacks. Here’s why your suppliers may be your weakest ...

As manufacturers redesigned heavy equipment to accommodate the engine technologies required to meet Tier 4-F emissions standards, one area had immediate safety implications. The compartments ...

Machine shops present unique hazards distinct from those in laboratories or other work environments. Drexel University establishes safety requirements for all faculty, professional staff, and students ...

In machine shops, slipping safety standards will affect the workers and equipment. With rotating parts, heavy machinery, electrical hazards, and fine airborne particulates, even a momentary lapse can ...

WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y. (March 2017) -- Whenever a new manufacturing machine is brought on line here, the first questions by visitors usually are: How much does the machine cost and what capability ...

A Lakewood, Colo.-based forge manufacturer is facing $225,046 in fines after a worker was killed. Vforge Inc. received two willful and two serious safety violations as a result of an investigation ...

The Department of Labor announced that a GE-brand appliances manufacturer in Decatur, Alabama failed to follow machine standards that could have prevented fatal injuries to a 58-year-old front-line ...