A paper packaging manufacturer has been fined after a 4.5-ton machine crushed a worker, causing permanent injuries.

As today's manufacturing industry increasingly relies on efficient yet potentially dangerous equipment, worker safety has become a predominant issue to all those involved with production processes.

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Every year, machine accidents result in thousands of serious injuries and hundreds of deaths. The moving parts of a machine can cut or crush, flying debris can cause eye ...

As a safety professional, you work every day to ensure employees are safe and productive. You provide the appropriate training, reinforce basic safety concepts, and provide necessary PPE. You are ...

Farm machinery uses power to do work. This creates a number of possible hazards for both operators and bystanders. Even though manufacturers take many steps to make machinery safe, all hazards cannot ...

This course covers the various types of common machinery, machine safe guards, and related OSHA regulations and procedures. Guidance is provided on the hazards associated with various types of ...

A single global machine safety standard has been in the works for a long time and will now be a little longer. The merger of safety standards ISO 13849 and IEC 62061 into one standard, IEC/ISO 17305, ...

There are so many considerations a machine design professional must consider—productivity, efficiency in both machine and energy use, and profitability. But the top consideration in any design is ...

Safeguarding employees from workplace hazards not only is a moral and legal imperative; it's a sound business decision. According to the National Safety Council, employers spent an average of $34,000 ...

Nuclear researcher Juliana Pacheco Duarte is part of a team using nearly $800,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to build new prediction models for hazards that could impact nuclear ...