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OSHA Releases Information on Machine Guarding Safety

For more information, contact Elena Rivera at 512.329.5544. 

According to OSHA, workers who operate and maintain machinery suffer approximately 18,000 amputations, lacerations, crushing injuries, abrasions, and over 800 deaths per year. However, companies can reduce injuries of this nature by developing and implementing Machine Guarding Safety Programs.

EPA links for these categories:

>automobiles & light-duty trucks surface coating
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2002/December/Day-24/a31420.pdf

>stationary combustion turbines
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2003/January/Day-14/a086.pdf

>industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2003/January/Day-13/a085.pdf

>iron and steel foundries
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2002/December/Day-23/a31234.pdf

>lime manufacturing plants
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2002/December/Day-20/a31233.pdf

>metal cans surface coating
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2003/January/Day-15/a087.pdf

>plywood and composite wood products
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2003/January/Day-09/a084.pdf)

>primary magnesium refining
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t3/fr_notices/pmr_pr.pdf

>stationary reciprocating internal combustion engines
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2002/December/Day-19/a31232.pdf

>taconite iron ore processing
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/taconite/fr18de02.pdf

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Roger Brower at 410.312.7907 or rbrower@zephyrenv.com.