ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Every year, machine accidents result in thousands of serious injuries and hundreds of deaths. The moving parts of a machine can cut or crush, flying debris can cause eye ...

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 ...

Machine guards must not become their own hazards or exacerbate existing hazards. Analyze designs to eliminate guards that can be left off, those that fail easily and catastrophically, and those that ...

Manufacturers face a variety of machine guarding challenges: old equipment vs. new equipment; point-of-operation vs. mechanical power transmission; highly automated, multiple-purpose machines vs.

Safeguards either must prevent entry into a hazardous area or detect entry into the hazardous area and eliminate the hazard before it can present a danger. Guards (physical barriers) must be designed ...

An argument for why additive manufacturing offers a viable alternative for guard design that is better suited to today’s machines and industrial environments. Machine guarding has long been the ...

Barrier guards are designed and constructed to meet OSHA Regulations and ANSI standards to safeguard personnel from point-of-operation hazards on machinery. Made-to-order barrier guards feature a ...

Do you have compactors, conveyor belts, crushers, saws and other machinery with rotating parts at your recycling facility? Having performed machine guarding at numerous recycling facilities, the ...

MSHA posted the guide June 24. It will help metal and nonmetal mine safety personnel comply with 30 CFR 56/57.14107, Moving Machine Parts, which is the most-cited standard for this part of the mining ...