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OSHA machine guarding standard

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.

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ANSI-ASSP Z10 safety and health management system standard

December 20, 2018

Work started on Z10 in March, 1999. Almost 100 safety and health professionals spent six years drafting and reworking the document. The Z10 standard for occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS) is now titled ANSI/ASSP Z10-2012 (R2017).

Mark your calendar: October, 2016

The safety world receives the ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System

Tom Slavin

July 10, 2014

ISO 45001 is the number given to ISO’s effort to create a standard for an occupational safety and health management system. This project is well underway, but before the status update, let me begin with some background on occupational safety and health management systems.

Safety professionals need to examine how they manage OHS reports

February 10, 2014

If a worker is injured slipping from a ladder while accessing an electrical panel, does this incident warrant more training on the employee’s part on how to properly use a ladder or does it call into question larger organizational issues that should be addressed?

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OSHA machine guarding standard

ANSI-ASSP Z10 safety and health management system standard

Mark your calendar: October, 2016

Safety professionals need to examine how they manage OHS reports

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