Workplace Safety Measures for the Automotive Industry The automotive industry is more automated that most industries. Global competition and ever increasing quality standards have driven innovation and automation ahead of most other manufacturing sectors. This intense automation has created demands on automotive manufacturer to incorporate efficient safety stations into their highly automated [...]
Everything you Need to Know about Machine Guarding in Ontario Machine guarding in Ontario is treated differently than just about anywhere else in North America. Machine guarding compliance in Ontario is both scrutinized and enforced. If Machine guarding employs so called safety devices that signal the machine to stop, a formal Pre-Start [...]
Workplace Health and Safety – Benefits of Safety Risk Assessments The Risk Assessment is an essential part of any Safety Compliance Audit. In a formal Pre-Start Health and Safety Review Report the Risk Assessment (RA) is absolutely required. The Risk Assessment methodology and format are described by Technical Safety Standards such as [...]
The automotive industry is more automated that most industries. Global competition and ever increasing quality standards have driven innovation and automation ahead of most other manufacturing sectors. This intense automation has created demands on automotive manufacturer to incorporate efficient safety stations into their highly automated manufacturing processes. These processes are characterized by [...]
Everything You Need to Know About Machine Guarding in Ontario Machine guarding in Ontario is treated differently than just about anywhere else in North America. Machine guarding compliance in Ontario is both scrutinized and enforced. If Machine guarding employs so called safety devices that signal the machine to stop, a formal Pre-Start [...]
Pre-Start Health and Safety Review - The Necessary Steps To Bring Your Equipment Into Compliance Equipment compliance should culminate in a Pre-Start Health and Safety Review that indicates, without any disclaimers that the equipment is compliant to current applicable safety standards. This represents technical due diligence that protects workers, management and the organizations itself. [...]
The Risk Assessment is an essential part of any Safety Compliance Audit. In a formal Pre-Start Health and Safety Review Report the Risk Assessment (RA) is absolutely required. The Risk Assessment methodology and format are described by Technical Safety Standards such as ISO 12100:2010 Safety of Machinery- General Principles of Design, Risk Assessment and Risk [...]
Pre-start Health and Safety Reviews (PSR) are designed to ensure machine safety compliance standards for Ontario businesses. While there are specific instances under which a Pre-start Health and Safety Review are required, many companies have begun performing internal audits of their manufacturing lines and other major equipment in order to reduce insurance costs, risk, [...]
A major risk for any industrial workplace, is the rapid combustion of fine particles in the air. Dust explosions occur anywhere that there is enough dispersed combustible material in the air. They are particularly dangerous in confined spaces where the explosive power, under extremely high pressure, can cause flying shrapnel, which is [...]
One of the first things that health and safety engineers look at is the various machine tools that a plant or business is using. We can recommend machine safety upgrade programs where appropriate and make recommendations in terms of equipment safety. While outdated machine tools may still get the job done, there [...]
