By the Numbers: Machine Guarding
Across North America, more than 18,000 amputations, lacerations, crushing injuries, abrasions, and over 800 deaths per year result from machines and equipment that were not properly guarded.

Across North America, more than 18,000 amputations, lacerations, crushing injuries, abrasions, and over 800 deaths per year result from machines and equipment that were not properly guarded.
PREAMBLE Machine guarding is a safety feature on or around manufacturing or other [...]

Key Takeaways: Understanding the hazards of working with mechanical equipment, [...]

Key Takeaways: - Understanding the hazards of working with mechanical [...]

Key Takeaways: - Understanding the hazards of working with mechanical [...]

¿QUE ESTÁ EN RIESGO? La exposición a máquinas desprotegidas o [...]

Use this chart as a quick reference on the pros and cons (limitations) for common machine safeguards.

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 [...]