Construction accounts for up to 25% of all occupational fatalities. About half are being struck
by and caught-in/between objects or vehicles, resulting from insufficient or delayed detection …

Occupational safety and health (OSH) management has expanded inside companies, and
research is now indicating that it yields benefits for both workers' safety and health and for …

Industrial accidents caused by equipment (machinery) occur in various forms, such as
jamming, cutting, and crushing. Among them, various precise and dangerous machines and …

This paper presents an exploratory study on the integration of safety during the design and
manufacturing phases of machinery in the province of Quebec, Canada. The objective was …

Industrial machines are known to possess many hazards. There are many laws, regulations,
standards and practices that aim at ensuring that machines are safe for different workers …

Bypassing safeguards is a contributing cause of work-related accidents. Organizations must
pay attention to the incentives of bypassing and ways to prevent it. This paper proposes a …

Occupational health and safety (OHS) management has expanded in companies, and
research is in-dicating benefits for both workers' health and safety and for business …

When using a machine or automated system, dysfunctions such as jamming of a part can
occur and disturb the normal production process. To solve this dysfunction, the operator may …

Various safety-related standards associated with the machinery design phase, such as ISO
14119: 2013, emphasize the appropriate design and selection of protective devices to …

Machinery is one of the most critical assets of the manufacturing industry. Despite the fact
that machine designers/manufacturers and end-users put careful effort in making machines …