Proper lock management avoids injuries
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Laidler Associates product story
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team
Nov 16, 2004
Properly managing isolation and lock off procedures to secure machinery and ensure there is no power feed to the equipment lowers the risk of serious or fatal injury.
In a recent statement, HSE have announced that they are to target the manufacturing sector over the next three years in particular the scrap metal, rubber, paper and wood industries over the next three years to ensure that correct procedures are in place for working on machinery.
During the past three years over 40 people have died as a result of incidents in the manufacturing industry, most commonly when cleaning machinery blockages or carrying out running repairs without the correct safeguards.
Properly managing isolation and lock off procedures to secure machinery and ensure there is no power feed to the equipment lowers the risk of serious or fatal injury.
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