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Hand and Finger Injuries from a Defective Snow Blower
January 8, 2014 4:56 pm Leave a Comment
Nearly everyone who lives in a snowy climate would agree that a gas powered snow blower beats a person powered snow shovel for clearing the sidewalk or driveway. Shoveling heavy, wet snow causes injuries from back problems to heart attacks. No wonder that gas powered snow blowers of all sizes are a popular item this time of year. The larger ones may be ride-on types; smaller ones are typically walk-behind. In either case there is an auger to gather the snow as the device moves forward and a bladed fan (or “blower”) to discharge it out of a chute to one side or the other. (more…)
Code Violations Are Root of Fatal Explosion
September 16, 2013 8:32 am Leave a Comment
The design and installation of gas piping systems in homes and commercial buildings is guided by a set of regulations called NFPA 54 — the National Fuel Gas Code. The code, which establishes minimum safety requirements, is also used by forensic engineers to evaluate an explosion to determine cause and responsibility. (more…)
Design Can Prevent Industrial Accidents
July 22, 2013 9:36 am Leave a Comment
Two of the top causes of workplace accidents, according to the United States Department of Labor’s Occupation Safety and Health Administration, are a lack of machine guarding and improper control of hazardous energy. At first blush, these types of incidents can mistakenly be attributed to an employee’s actions without considering how a machine’s design or the improper control of an environment or situation may have contributed.
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Protecting Industrial Employees from Workplace Hazards
June 11, 2013 8:12 am Leave a Comment
The recent Texas fertilizer plant explosion has focused the nation’s eyes on the important matter of workplace safety. When an employee is injured or killed on the job, Warren investigators are often called in to identify what went wrong and how it could have been prevented.
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Machine Safeguarding for an Imperfect Workforce: Humans.
March 14, 2013 2:18 am Leave a Comment
Every day more than 12 people in the United States lose their lives in workplace injuries, according to U.S. Department of Labor data. In 2011, OSHA estimates, 3.3 million people suffered a workplace injury from which they may never fully recover. Two of the top ten most frequently cited OSHA standards that result in injuries and death are lockout/tagout and machine guarding. (more…)

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Tag Archive: machine safeguarding

Hand and Finger Injuries from a Defective Snow Blower

Code Violations Are Root of Fatal Explosion

Design Can Prevent Industrial Accidents

Protecting Industrial Employees from Workplace Hazards

Machine Safeguarding for an Imperfect Workforce: Humans.