ProGMA ANSI Standards Enhance Protective Guarding Safety
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) oversees the development and implementation of voluntary consensus standards in the United States. The organization grants industry associations, such as MHI, status as an ANSI-Accredited Standards Developer (ASD), thereby authorizing it to create standards. ...
Active Protective Guarding Technologies Increasingly Available
Ensuring the safety of employees working in warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing operations is a top priority. To reduce safety risks, many operations use personal protective equipment (PPE) and physical barriers to separate humans from potential hazards. Despite efforts to ...
Ergonomic Solutions Support Safer Handling At EASE Council Member Facilities
With its new National Emphasis Program, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) will be scrutinizing warehousing and distribution operations’ ergonomic practices more closely. Facilities looking to address the causes of worker injuries can gather safer handling ideas from the ...
When OSHA Regulations Don’t Cover Your Specific Guarding Scenario, Refer ...
When considering guarding devices that protect personnel from hazards that could result in an injury, it’s important to refer to the mandates of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). As the top regulatory agency in the U.S., compliance with ...
Automation: A Friend Or Foe To Ergonomics?
The number one cause of occupational, lost time injuries is bodily reaction to overexertion, which — according to the National Safety Council — accounts for over 30% of days missed. That injury rate of 27 per 10,000 full-time workers is ...
Why Amazon’s Focus On Injury Prevention Will Likely Improve Ergonomics ...
When Amazon announced its new WorkingWell program — an effort to improve employee health issues and reduce the risk of injuries — in May 2021, the company’s high-profile emphasis on ergonomics established its leadership position among competitors. The company, perhaps ...
Safety Training Best Practices Reduce Risk Of Worker Injuries
Nearly every warehouse and distribution center touts “safety first” as an operational mandate; yet some operations have better safety records than others. With the Bureau of Labor Statistics noting that annual warehouse fatalities doubled between 2015 and 2017, and warehouse ...
Ergonomic, Safe Workplaces Enhance Productivity Of Workforce
Warehouse operations, manufacturing facilities and distribution centers that invest in ergonomically designed technologies and training to help workers safely perform physical tasks will improve both their wellbeing and overall productivity. That’s because anywhere from a third to half of all ...
Workstation Cranes: An Ergonomic Solution For Workpiece Handling
To help workers lift, handle, and move heavy objects both safely and ergonomically, workstation cranes can be installed within individual manufacturing and assembly work cells. Designed to handle loads up to 4,000 pounds, these systems reduce the physical exertion, fatigue, ...