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 ...

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, ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reeled in another alleged wrongdoer. An Alabama cable manufacturer's failure to adhere to proper machine guarding procedures contributed to ...

Hobbs Bonded Fibers Inc. of Waco, Texas, has had several run-ins with OSHA because of its alleged failure to provide machine guarding, create specific lockout/tagout procedures and provide training ...

Machine Guarding provides an OSHA-based comprehensive overview of general machine safeguarding practices associated with hazardous machine components, motions, and actions. In general, machine guards ...

Many of the annual 3.3 million workplace injuries result from broken OSHA rules. And of the top 10 OSHA rules most frequently broken, two directly concern machine design: lockout/tagout procedures (LO ...

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Fresh Mark Inc. for violating machine guarding procedures in three separate incidents ...

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 ...

Note: NAICS with an asterisk (“*”) are targeted industries that were not included in the 2019 Amputations NEP. Notably, establishments inspected under the preceding NEP in the previous twenty-four ...

In general, machine guards and safeguarding devices are considered primary safeguards against amputation and other injuries. Yet, feeding, ejection, and location are types of secondary safeguarding ...