A metal press slams down with twelve tons of force. The operator reaches in to adjust a misaligned piece of stock, a move he has done a thousand...

Every year, workers are crushed, electrocuted, or caught in machines that should have been completely powered down. The safety rule that prevents...

A maintenance worker is about to clear a jam in a large industrial press. The machine is off, but nobody has locked the power switch and placed a tag...

The plant floor had a rhythm to it, a predictable hum of conveyors and presses that ran twelve hours a day. That rhythm stopped the moment a new...

Lockout/tagout procedures exist for one reason: to prevent workers from being crushed, electrocuted, or dismembered by equipment that suddenly powers...

When a factory worker reaches into a machine that should have been shut down, the consequences are often catastrophic. Missing fingers, crushed...

You own a factory, a warehouse, or a workshop. Your employees work around presses, saws, conveyors, or robots. Those machines have moving parts that...

When an employer violates workplace safety rules, the consequences often go far beyond a simple OSHA fine. One of the most dangerous and legally...

Imagine a maintenance worker reaches into a machine to clear a jam. He assumes the power is off because someone flipped a switch. But the switch was...