Machine Guarding Safety Errors and How to Avoid Them

 

To stay compliant with current laws and OSHA safety regulations, you’re required to take certain steps to maintain a healthy and safe work environment. For example, if you have workers who operate machinery, you need to install machine safety guarding.

Of all OSHA violations, companies get penalized the most for inadequate machine guarding. While that can damage a business’s reputation, that’s not the worst part. Without having bulk material handling guarding in place, roughly 18,000 machine operators lose a limb, suffer a crushing injury, or sustain serious cuts every year. This also leads to approximately 800 deaths.

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