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June 2008 - Posts

Friday, June 13, 2008 12:43 PM

Machine Safety Blog Takes Off

Great News! My machine safety blog is now part of an innovative new educational-based safety website that’s sole purpose is to serve the safety needs of general industry. I’m excited to be a part of a group of industry experts who’ve
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:44 PM

E-Stop - a safety device or not?

How many hands can I see for “safety device”? Now, how many of you say – no , an e-stopping device is not a safety device? I see! So the room is practically divided into two camps. One of the camps has several individuals that sit on
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 11:19 AM

Machine Safety - Tolerable Risk vs Acceptable Risk

Tolerable risk is the term used for the past several years referring to a level of residual risk for a given hazard after applying risk reduction measures. ANSI B11.TR3; 2000 further defines tolerable risk as: Risk that is accepted for a given task and
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