Look before you leap. This sage advice holds true in today's manufacturing world, especially as it pertains to machine guarding. That is why it is always a good idea to perform a proper risk ...

Effective occupational health and safety management requires a structured approach to hazard identification and risk assessment, which is best achieved by a management system. The implementation of an ...

The memorial for the Bhopal Gas Disaster is situated near the site of the Union Carbide Corp. factory, which on Dec. 2, 1984, was the site of a massive release of toxic chemicals, including methyl ...

The introduction of process safety system–specific malware into the manufacturing world in 2017 intensified the discussion around the convergence of safety and cybersecurity. If a cyberattack could ...

Identify hazards. Assess risks. Implement risk control according to the hierarchy of risk control methods. The first Informational Note following this says the risk assessment procedure could identify ...

If you are faced with the task of assessing all the machines in your facility for safety compliance and guarding and have a very limited budget, where do you begin? You must assess all the machines in ...

With the growth of automation and increase of workers engaging with machines, I felt there would be some benefit to sharing an example of the safety risk assessments that we do in order to reduce or ...

A US safety committee has recommended that the Federal Aviation Administration improve its process for evaluating safety risks associated with in-service aircraft types. The recommendations, detailed ...