Picture This: Missing Guard Turns Deadly
Rotating parts, moving belts, points of operation, and other similar machine hazards must be guarded to protect workers from injury, amputation, and death.

Rotating parts, moving belts, points of operation, and other similar machine hazards must be guarded to protect workers from injury, amputation, and death.

Here’s a look at what machine guards are all about and the key role supervisors play in implementing and enforcing a company’s machine guarding program.

An OSHA inspection found 24 alleged serious violations, most of [...]
The company was cited for repeat violations alleging that machinery [...]

OSHA opened an investigation following the death of an employee [...]

OSHA says an inspection conducted under its Site Specific Targeting [...]

OSHA conducted an inspection after a worker crushed his hand [...]

OSHA claims employees were exposed to the dangers of falls, [...]

Proposed fines totaling $187,150 have been issued to an industrial [...]

OSHA says an inspection revealed that employees of a Georgia [...]

The Somerset Mill in Skowhegan, ME, was issued repeat citations [...]

OSHA conducted an inspection late in 2008 and found several [...]

OSHA issued the citations following an investigation that began Jan. [...]

OSHA issued three repeat citations for alleged hazards associated with [...]

An OSHA inspection found that the company allegedly failed to [...]

An OSHA inspection found that a worker was exposed to [...]

An OSHA inspection found alleged hazards associated with cranes, scaffolds, [...]
OSHA issued four repeat citations carrying $45,000 in proposed penalties [...]

A manufacturer of industrial and pharmaceutical food coatings is facing [...]
This powerful and dramatic safety video from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board in Ontario drives home the point that there really aren't any workplace 'accidents.'
What good is a sparklingly clean window if the person who attended to it is lying severely injured or dead on the ground below?
There are messy workplace and then there are th MESSY workplaces. Shown here is a housekeeping house of horrors that puts construction workers at serious risk for slip, trip and fall injuries.
We often get away with multitasking as we walk, but not if the floor we're walking on is missing a few key components, such as planks.
Amateur "handy persons" often produce shoddy work by failing to realize their limitations. But here's an example of someone crossing the line from shoddy to potentially deadly by performing electrical work they had no business tackling.

OSHA opened an inspection after a worker lost two fingers [...]