As today's manufacturing industry increasingly relies on efficient yet potentially dangerous equipment, worker safety has become a predominant issue to all those involved with production processes.

Most organizations use two fundamental metrics to measure the success of an environmental health and safety program: regulatory compliance and reduced incident rates. While these are certainly valid ...

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 ...

Safety signs are an important part of risk reduction for machinery – they are intended to identify and warn against specific hazards. They also may describe safety precautions, advise evasive actions ...

A single global machine safety standard has been in the works for a long time and will now be a little longer. The merger of safety standards ISO 13849 and IEC 62061 into one standard, IEC/ISO 17305, ...

ISO 13849 is a globally recognized standard that was originally released in 2006 and adopted by the European Union as a required standard in 2009 as EN ISO 13849. The standard categorizes safety ...

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 ...

Standard personal protective equipment for machine shops includes heavy-duty safety gloves, as well as safety glasses or goggles, and respirators. Walking into a machine shop without proper training ...

The Safety Automation Builder tool from Rockwell Automation is designed to help guide manufacturers through the safety system design process. A screenshot of Rockwell Automation 's Safety Automation ...

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 ...

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 ...

The film emphasizes the critical importance of safety rules in machine shops to prevent serious injuries or fatalities. It highlights the necessity of wearing protective gear, such as safety glasses ...