Due to this fact, OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) has established a set of standards around machine guarding. The purpose of machine guarding is to protect the machine operator and ...

The hazards associated with moving machinery can be deadly. See information about RIT’s Machine Guarding program via the link to the right. The RIT Environmental Health & Safety Department provides ...

Typically, a machine guard barrier consists of safety trip controls, presence-sensing devices, and electromechanical sensing devices, which initiate a machine’s operating cycle only when it is safe to ...

Protecting machines with high moment of inertia and extended stopping distances has become increasingly crucial. Find out how ...

All pressure sensitive safety edges sense changes in pressure. They are made of flexible materials and attach to the edges of moving parts such as machine tables or powered doors. The first type of ...

He has written many whitepapers related to safety standards and general machine guarding, conducted risk assessments and validations, and developed and reviewed the implementation of corporate ...

OSHA defines machine guards as “barriers which prevent access to danger areas.” This critical safety equipment—categorized as “fixed, interlocked, adjustable, and self-adjusting”—aims ...

The US Department of Labor has announced that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections in ...