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Feasibility For Machine Guarding Is A Big Deal For Employers and Employees

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Finding safeguards for a specific task is challenging because a physical guard may not be feasible. OSHA AND FEASIBILITY The OSH Act is the relevant law, and OSHA standards are the relevant regulations for most employers and employees in the United States. A feasibility assessment usually takes less than an hour.

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The Complexity Of OSHA’s PSM Standard

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For those of you who deal with PSM, you know this is a critical first step in determining if a traditional risk-based approach will suffice from a compliance perspective. When deciding that risk mitigation is needed, the concept of feasibility comes into play to demonstrate due diligence in complying with the OSH Act.

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

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However, the ability for any management to foresee the thousands of maintenance tasks where a skilled worker must deal with gravity is not practicable nor feasible. The only practicable and feasible means of addressing this issue is to deal with it as part of your training for the control of hazardous energy.

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

However, the ability for any management to foresee the thousands of maintenance tasks where a skilled worker must deal with gravity is not practicable nor feasible. The only practicable and feasible means of addressing this issue is to deal with it as part of your training for the control of hazardous energy.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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billion project that has earned our 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Gold Award. “Our Deal of the Year Gold Award winner is a game-changer for Apple and Arizona,” said Business Facilities Editor in Chief Jack Rogers. manufacturing.” manufacturing.” Project Impact Estimates.

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ANSI B11 and risk assessment: The best kept secret in safety

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national standards dealing with the safety requirements for general industry machines. Risk assessment, or RA for short, will guide you in the application of feasible risk reduction controls. Remember that the goal of risk assessment is to achieve feasible risk reduction.

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A Wake-up Message for Employers or An Ounce of Prevention…

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However, I’m puzzled why companies don’t adequately deal with these issues before the problems occur. What’s often missed and not understood is the in-between, where tasks are not minor servicing but LOTO is not feasible. In situations where LOTO is not feasible, an ALTERNATIVE METHOD is needed.