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.
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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.
Since it's your first time, you may want to checkout some of the video tutorials.
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