ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- We've all had the experience of doing what we thought was a favor for someone, only to have it rejected or unappreciated. If machine guards were human, I believe they ...

Managers and safety professionals from manufacturing firms tend to believe that their machinery and equipment is well-guarded, but reliable data and professional experiences prove that machine ...

One of the basic concepts of machine guarding is that a guard must not become a hazard or contribute to hazards. Thorough hazard analyses easily identify hazardous guards. Ideally, preliminary hazard ...

Machine Guarding provides an OSHA-based comprehensive overview of general machine safeguarding practices associated with hazardous machine components, motions, and actions. In general, machine guards ...

How many jams do you think it will take before they start skipping the lockout-tagout (LO/TO) procedures, or before they leave the guard off entirely? And how long after that until there’s a serious ...

A common mistake employers make is assuming new equipment for their facilities will have necessary machine guarding that meets OSHA requirements. Prevention of employee injuries should be a primary ...

Lack of understanding of OSHA machine guard regulations continues to make machine safeguarding one of OSHA's Top 10 violations. Machine guarding is one of OSHA's Top 10 most cited violations year ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) recently voted unanimously to vacate two machine-guard citations lodged against employers by the Occupational Safety and Health ...

After a lathe operator became entangled in the machine’s operating spindle and suffered injuries that led to his death, an OSHA investigation determined the company responsible allowed the machine to ...