I’ve been spending a lot of time with both consumer packaged goods (CPGs) companies and machine builders lately, and there’s a couple of common themes that keep popping up in conversations. First, ...

Nearly every industrial company cites worker safety as its top priority. But making statements about safety is very different from actual implementation. With standards varying around the world and ...

In machine shops, slipping safety standards will affect the workers and equipment. With rotating parts, heavy machinery, electrical hazards, and fine airborne particulates, even a momentary lapse can ...

Machine safety is an essential part of the factory floor to help reduce accidents and ensure a safe work environment. According to accidents reported under RIDDOR in 2017, 9% of fatal injuries were ...

It happens all the time: Machine safety systems are built to the incorrect safety level and create big problems in production. Under-designed systems that fall short of the required safety level can ...

Standard personal protective equipment for machine shops includes heavy-duty safety gloves, as well as safety glasses or goggles, and respirators. Walking into a machine shop without proper training ...

Edward Bullard Sr. founded the Bullard Machine Tool Company in 1894. His son Edward Bullard Jr. continued the family business and brought the Turret principle to vertical boring mills, making it a ...

Machine shops present unique hazards distinct from those in laboratories or other work environments. Drexel University establishes safety requirements for all faculty, professional staff and students ...

A Lakewood, Colo.-based forge manufacturer is facing $225,046 in fines after a worker was killed. Vforge Inc. received two willful and two serious safety violations as a result of an investigation ...