Machine safeguarding: risk assessment and risk reduction; How do you ensure a machine is...

While the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) first standards for employers in 1971 were revolutionary for their time, they have since fallen by the wayside with the introduction of new manufacturing technologies and best practices. These standards, particularly those in 1910 Subpart O (Machinery and Machine Guarding), have now become the bare minimum requirements enforceable by law.

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Consensus standards, including those presented by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), draw on the expertise and experienc