OSHA announced that it is renewing its National Emphasis Program (NEP) to Address Amputations in Manufacturing. The renewed ...

If a guard or a gate can be opened by hand, that guard or gate needs to be interlocked to the machine to prevent hazardous motion from occurring while the guard or gate is open. 3) Protection from ...

Answer: Bypass or disable the machine guarding capabilities on machinery. A Hopedale, Mass., plastics firm is learning an expensive lesson about machine guarding, but it won't pay as high a price as ...

Machine guarding is in the OSHA Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Violations each year. Perhaps your organization had a significant machine injury. Maybe you have machine guarding risk concerns at your ...

At issue was whether OSHA had established that the existing guard on the power shear’s hold-down pistons was “inadequate to ‘protect’ employees from the crushing hazard.” OSHA argued that machine ...

Mastering Machine Guarding: OSHA Requirements, FAQs, and Best Practices. Date: Wednesday April 16, 2025 at 11:00am ET - 10:00am CT - 8:00am PT Machine guarding is a fundamental safety measure that ...

machine function guarding – This type of guarding consists of machine functionality, such as two hand controls, foot treadle operation and other methods that prevent an employee from inserting hands ...

On September 21, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) unanimously vacated two machine-guard citations levied against employers by the Occupational Safety and Health ...

Moving machine parts have the potential to cause severe workplace injuries, such as crushed fingers or hands, amputations, burns or blindness. Any machine part, function or process that may cause ...