Products being used within their end-product application can suffer systematic or random failures. Functional safety standards are designed to help influence the reduction of potential risks of ...

As machines grow more complex and interconnected, functional safety standards and intuitive human-machine interfaces become ...

This BBC Safety Guideline sets out how to risk assess. A structured way of thinking about how an activity or situation might cause harm to people or property, helping you to identify measures to ...

Debbie Mack, RN, CNOR, CASC, immediate past president of CASA and vice president of operations at Chicago-based National Surgical Hospitals, says the five surgery centers she manages use a risk ...

EHS professionals may agree that employee safety is a top priority for their companies. They also may realize that automation technology – including machine safety equipment – can deliver positive, ...

With the growth of automation and increase of workers engaging with machines, I felt there would be some benefit to sharing an example of the safety risk assessments that we do in order to reduce or ...

Effective occupational health and safety management requires a structured approach to hazard identification and risk assessment, which is best achieved by a management system. The implementation of an ...

While the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) first standards for employers in 1971 were revolutionary for their time, they have since fallen by the wayside with the introduction of ...

Advice on writing a risk assessment where electricity is being used and guidance on reporting requirements for any electrically-related incident. Electricity is a potent source of energy that can (and ...

The introduction of process safety system–specific malware into the manufacturing world in 2017 intensified the discussion around the convergence of safety and cybersecurity. If a cyberattack could ...