Feasibility OSHA Regulation 
FDR Safety
MAY 13, 2024
Finding safeguards for a specific task is challenging because a physical guard may not be feasible. This article is intended to introduce you to a long-accepted concept recognized in OSHA and ANSI standards but is not well known or understood. A feasibility assessment usually takes less than an hour.
FDR Safety
APRIL 15, 2020
Where do gravity related accidents fall in the eyes of OSHA? In some cases OSHA is involved and in others, there is a civil suit alleging tort liability. In the OSHA cases, the Agency might suggest that gravity is a hazardous energy to be controlled. The post Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation? The 7500 lb.
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FDR Safety
APRIL 15, 2020
Where do gravity related accidents fall in the eyes of OSHA? In some cases OSHA is involved and in others, there is a civil suit alleging tort liability. In the OSHA cases, the Agency might suggest that gravity is a hazardous energy to be controlled. The post Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation? The 7500 lb.
FDR Safety
DECEMBER 10, 2014
Many of you may be wondering why, all of a sudden, OSHA is spending an inordinate amount of time inspecting the machines and equipment in plant maintenance areas. However, if you recently experienced OSHA’s increased focus in this area, you may wish you had read this sooner. Enforcement OSHA' We are not.
FDR Safety
MAY 13, 2024
Finding safeguards for a specific task is challenging because a physical guard may not be feasible. This article is intended to introduce you to a long-accepted concept recognized in OSHA and ANSI standards but is not well known or understood. A feasibility assessment usually takes less than an hour.
FDR Safety
JANUARY 6, 2016
OSHA continues to cite employers aggressively, and at the same time is suggesting and frequently mandating certain types of abatement. If OSHA’s suggestions are reasonable and feasible, obviously that’s the right way to go. Does the suggested or mandated OSHA abatement reduce risk of injury to your employees?
FDR Safety
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
The term “zero energy” is not the same as the control of hazardous energy, and is not found in any OSHA regulations or materials or in U.S. Examples of such impacts are: •impeding efficient and effective equipment designs when tasks (e.g., national consensus standards (e.g.,
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