Factory safety expert witness was engaged to determine the cause of a worker injury to an experienced operator/supervisor. The superviser was threading the machine with plastic sheet material when her hand was crushed. The accepted practice for threading was to feed the plastic sheet from the top and reach underneath to pull it through while […]
Loading Dock Safety
Safety Engineer Discusses Loading Dock Safety: Portable Loading Ramps: The attaching mechanism for a loading ramp should be readily visible to the user. If not, he can think that the ramp is properly attached and proceed to use it. This was the case recently when a driver was using a ramp, and it fell injuring […]
Factory Safety Lock Down Tag Out
California factory safety expert has recently been involved in several assignments which are related to injuries in manufacturing facilities. The lesson here is for each employer to have in place specific lock down/ tag out procedures. All repair technicians should be trained on how to implement these procedures. Also, the procedures should include instructions for […]