The revised standard strengthens requirements for incident reporting and analysis, and includes modifications that address today’s vehicles, technologies and operating environments.
G300-2023 is designed to reduce risk of injury from generator misuse in enclosed spaces. The standard includes CO-shut off technology and has received approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
Jennifer McNelly, CAE, will continue her full-time role at ASSP during her time on the ANSI board. She will attend ANSI’s board meeting and year-end event as a guest on Dec. 6-7 in Washington, D.C.
As part of efforts to reduce the injury toll, ANSI/ISEA 138, the American national standard for performance and classification for impact resistant hand protection, was published in March 2019.
ANSI/ISEA 121-2018 is a standard that consists of design, testing, performance and labeling requirements for tool tethering systems and containers used to transport and secure tools and equipment at heights.
When it comes to accidents, manufacturing ranks second highest of all industries. That comes despite OSHA regulations and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards. A key culprit is unguarded hazardous machinery.
How do the standards helping to regulate North America’s PPE industry support health and safety managers tasked with keeping their teams free from harm?
OSHA’s machine guarding standard was the ninth-most-frequently cited agency standard in FY 2018.
January 1, 2019
Machine safeguarding is the best way to prevent amputations. Guards provide physical barriers to hazardous areas. They should be secure and strong, and workers should not be able to by-pass, remove or tamper. Guards should not obstruct the operator’s view or prevent others from working.