Facility Safety - Articles - Page 145

7,600-pound conveyor crushes worker after weld failure

KCI Inc., Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant cited in employee's death

June 16, 2015

The death of a 52-year-old contractor, crushed by a conveyor carriage weighing nearly 4 tons at an automotive assembly plant, could have been averted if his employer followed federal safety standards, OSHA investigators determined.

Preventable death of worker earns company $70,000 fine

June 12, 2015

The death of a 52-year-old contractor who was crushed to death at a Missouri automotive assembly plant was preventable, according to OSHA inspectors. The incident occurred in December 2014 when a weld failure caused a temporary support safety pin to disengage on an assembly line conveyor carriage at KCI, Inc.’s Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo.

5S methodology: Eliminate deadly wastes

Mitch Fein

June 4, 2015

A strategy to reduce hazards and defects, cut costs, and improve efficiency and communications is to implement the Japanese 5S methodology.

Fatal NY mezzanine collapse 'should never have happened'

Formica Construction's willful disregard led to worker’s death

June 3, 2015

The life of a 46-year-old demolition worker, killed in a building collapse in November 2014 at a Staten Island auto dealership, could have been spared if his employer had not disregarded federal safety rules.

Engineering alternatives to lockout-tagout

Designs must ensure equal protection

Jimi Michalscheck

June 1, 2015

We still don’t have the settings right and we need to get this filling machine running yesterday.” The lead technician yells out as if someone was there listening, but he’s working alone. Steven, a line mechanic with more than 25 years’ experience has seen this problem before, but this time it’s more difficult to identify the root cause and fix.

Simple electrical fixes can make your home safer

June 1, 2015

The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is urging people to minimize the risk of electrical fires and shocks by protecting their homes with arc fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs), ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs), and tamper resistant receptacles (TRRs).

Identifying areas for emergency showers/eyewashes

John Eliszewski MS, ASP Imants Stiebris

June 1, 2015

You know that the distance from a corrosive material to an eyewash needs to be no more than 10 seconds and that the flushing fluid temperature must be tepid.

Trouble controlling welding fumes?

Dense clouds, complaints & failing filters are warning signs

Greg Schreier Jon Ladwig

June 1, 2015

Keeping welding fumes to a minimum in the shop is essential for protecting people, property and productivity.

5S methodology: Eliminate deadly wastes

Mitch Fein

June 1, 2015

A strategy to reduce hazards and defects, cut costs, and improve efficiency and communications is to implement the Japanese 5S methodology.

Machine guards may have prevented arm amputation at Ga. sawmill

Griffin Lumber & Hardware penalized $56K for hazards that injured temp worker

May 29, 2015

A 29-year-old temporary worker's left arm was amputated when his jacket was caught in the drive shaft of a conveyor belt suffered the latter at a sawmill operated by Griffin Lumber & Hardware.