Articles Tagged with ''machine guarding''

Machine guarding can improve a facility’s safety strategy. Manufacturers and managers focused on creating a safe work environment should install this equipment to protect workers from severe injuries and fatalities. 

The OSHA investigation determined that the Texas plant's operator failed to install required machine guards or locking devices, exposing workers to hazardous contact with moving machine parts.

The OSHA standard on machine guarding is one of the top 10 most frequently penalized OSHA standards for FY 2022. 

After a 40-year-old worker suffered the partial amputation of one finger and an injury to a second one while cleaning a machine at a Pennsylvania metal buildings manufacturer in January 2022, federal workplace safety inspectors found the company willfully exposed the worker to amputation hazards.

Rockford Systems LLC and ISS Safety, LTD. have entered into a strategic partnership that provides machine safeguarding customers in North America, Europe and Asia with uniform, single-source solutions to reduce risk of accidents and improve employee safety.