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INFOCUS Hope is not an effective safety strategy By J.B. Titus It basic nature that businesses don’t want incidents to occur. And, at the same time employees don’t want to be hurt. Businesses generally, some only when confronted, don’t wish for exposure to unneeded regulation, unscheduled machine downtime, employee injuries, costly liabilities or the cost burdens associated with these issues. Yet, these are some of the negative results a business can expect as consequences of avoiding the required risk assessments for their machinery operations. Some of the potential liabilities of exposure (avoidable consequences) might be: Timing: Too many businesses still avoid the issue of compliance to the risk assessment requirement which extends to existing, new or modified equipment. The sooner the better to meet compliance requirements and avoid citations. Misapplied devices: Quite often safety devices are provided but are miss-applied because a hazard level was not properly assessed. For example, a Cat 4 hazard could require a control reliable solution involving a Cat 4 safety rated switch with redundant contacts. A miss-applied device in this example could include; a single standard interlock switch, safety rated devices below Cat 4, or an application which is not control reliable. Foreseeable misuse: A properly conducted machine guarding risk assessment will typically uncover misuse situations like; equipment malfunction, unauthorized process material, operating tooling beyond its useful life, unexpected loss of power, and reach over, under, around, or through guarding. Misapplied procedure: Lockout/ Tagout (LOTO) is frequently misunderstood and/or not always followed as prescribed by OSHA. LOTO incidents are preventable via frequent training, documenting procedures, not permitting shortcuts, and by establishing employee penalties for non compliance. Unidentified modes: All modes of operation and their related tasks need to be identified in order to reveal their related hazards. Unidentified modes include; setup, cleanup and preventive maintenance. The advice of industry experts is to not become aware of the importance of risk assessments only after a serious incident and the resulting OSHA citation, or the legal engagement, or the sever financial expenses which fall directly to your bottom line. “Hope” is not an effective strategy – proactive engaged machine safety leadership is! P E Read J.B. Titus’ blog, Machine Safety, at www.plantengineering.com/blogs. Powering Production with Confidence. When you need to keep plant operations up and running, Aggreko has the equipment and expertise to help make it happen. Maintaining production is a big responsibility. So partner up with Aggreko and get the rental generators, temporary HVAC and more to help you through seasonal demands, turnarounds and emergency outages. With 24/7/365 service and over 50 locations across North America, we’re standing by with the equipment and expertise to keep it all moving, no matter what. Rental Solutions ü ü ü ü ü Rental Generators Temporary HVAC 100% Oil-free Compressed Air Cooling Solutions 24/7/365 Service input #11 at www.plantengineering.com/information 800.AGGREKO | aggreko.com/northamerica For more information, call 866.215.7966 or visit us online at aggreko.com/northamerica
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