The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) recently voted unanimously to vacate two machine-guard citations lodged against employers by the Occupational Safety and Health ...

OSHA frequently cites employers for failing to comply with the machine guarding requirements described by 29 CFR 1910.212. In fact, this regulation landed on OSHA’s Top 10 Most Frequently Cited ...

Machine guarding is a fundamental safety measure that is often overlooked and improperly implemented, compromising the well-being of workers and leaving organizations vulnerable to potential incidents ...

Riddle: What's the fastest way to lose a finger or two? Answer: Bypass or disable the machine guarding capabilities on machinery. A Hopedale, Mass., plastics firm is learning an expensive lesson about ...

I have recently been asked to help protect the safety of the workers at a light manufacturing plant. My new plant manager is very committed to safety and will often support actions that go beyond the ...

More than 800 fatalities and 18,000 amputations, lacerations, crushing injuries or abrasions involving workers who operate and maintain machinery occur every year, OSHA estimates. Hazard analysis and ...

On September 21, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) unanimously vacated a machine-guarding citation on the ground that the injured operator had deliberately bypassed ...

This course covers the various types of common machinery, machine safe guards, and related OSHA regulations and procedures. Guidance is provided on the hazards associated with various types of ...

The injured employee was already in the ambulance. As I handed the EMT the Styrofoam cup of ice that contained the severed finger, I had an oppressive feeling of responsibility and knew that this ...

According to the National Safety Council (NSC) Injury Facts report, the U.S. suffers more than 100,000 preventable workplace injuries annually. These injuries are defined as “a cut, fracture, sprain, ...

As a result, industrial robots in many applications are like caged mechanical beasts, segregated from the rest of a manufacturing environment. Therefore, interacting with the machine—to clear a part ...