Safety

The Safety section features equipment and design techniques applied toward minimizing hazards and maximizing product safety.

Sustainable Engineering addresses technology applied to saving energy, alternative materials, and nontraditional energy sources.

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Safety in Automation
New technology and global standards help ensure a safe workplace, boost productivity, and reduce environmental impact.

Machine without e-stops, interlocks injures worker

A worker was injured when her arm became trapped in a machine for stapling closed plastic bags containing turkeys. The machine had no safety interlocks or emergency-stop provisions.
Serious vibration and missing guard factors in hay-grinder accident

A universal joint on a hay grinder broke loose and struck the machine’s operator in the chest. The machine was experiencing severe vibration and operating without a guard at the time of the accident.
Beware of unsafe guards

Machine guards must not become their own hazards or exacerbate existing hazards. Analyze designs to eliminate guards that can be left off, those that fail easily and catastrophically, and those that fail to prevent hazards.
From the Safety Files: Student burned by inadequate safety instruction

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A student was severely burned when a spark from his grinding operation caught his shirt on fire. He hadn’t been taught the hazards of grinder use or the proper protective equipment for the job.
Prosthetics technologies become safer and more reliable

When a serious accident results in amputation, prosthetic limbs may help the victim regain partial use of the limb. The technologies used in prostheses continue to advance and become safer and more reliable

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Berke on Safety: The Case of the Flaming Hair Dryer

Hair-dryer users have reported fire shooting out of the handle or the snout end of their hair dryers.
Damping Grease for Design

See how damping greases can cost-effectively control motion, noise and vibration in mechanical and electro-mechanical devices.
Safety in Automation

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New technology and global standards help ensure a safe workplace, boost productivity, and reduce environmental impact.
Inadequate Punch-Press Safety Measures Cost Operator Her Fingers

Poor placement and maladjustment of safety interlocks cost a press operator six fingers.