OSHA frequently cites employers for failing to comply with the machine guarding requirements described by 29 CFR 1910.212. In ...

Frankfort, KY — A free training video created by the Kentucky Labor Cabinet’s Division of Education and Training is focused on effective machine guarding to eliminate incidents and injuries associated ...

In general, machine guards and safeguarding devices are considered primary safeguards against amputation and other injuries. Yet, feeding, ejection, and location are types of secondary safeguarding ...

When OSHA unveils its Top 10 list of most frequently cited standards at the NSC Safety Congress & Expo each year, you can always find one hiding in plain sight (much like the control itself). It’s ...

As a result, industrial robots in many applications are like caged mechanical beasts, segregated from the rest of a manufacturing environment. Therefore, interacting with the machine—to clear a part ...

Edward Bullard Sr. founded the Bullard Machine Tool Company in 1894. His son Edward Bullard Jr. continued the family business and brought the Turret principle to vertical boring mills, making it a ...

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 ...