Safety Equipment

A former engineer was severely injured when the front wheels of the tractor he was driving fell into a culvert. He had removed a heavy-duty, rollover-protection arch because it was hitting the branches of his fruit trees when he drove the equipment between rows.

A student in a junior-high-school shop class lost a thumb when the workpiece he was cutting was pulled into the blade of a miter saw.

A mechanic was pinned down by a robotic arm he was trying to repair thanks to missing guards, warnings, interlocks, and lockout/tagout procedures.

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

A man’s serious injury could have been prevented if he’d taken basic safety precautions with the tractor he was driving.

A man was injured while attempting to reattach a loose grass-collecting bag to a rented mower. Inadequate training, missing safety gear, and poor mower design contributed to the mishap.

Many of the falls documented each year happen through skylights that should have been covered or protected by a railing or strong screen.

Automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) are easy to use, even for the untrained, and can save lives and reduce brain and heart damage.

Safety showers and eyewash stations must have an adequate water supply, be easily visible and accessible, be properly maintained, and protect workers from secondary hazards like slipping or electric shock.

When a concrete boom collapsed on the job, the contractor was irked at the inconvenience, but grateful no one had been hurt

MZ-1 Multizone Controller interfaces between the company’s machine or process control and sensing devices.

Light curtains and laser-area scanners protect workers from dangerous encounters with industrial robots and other fast-moving, powerful machinery.

An ergonomic two-handed start control keeps operator hands away from rotating spindles and pinch points while using dc nut runners.