Machine Guarding: Understanding the Regulations to Create a Safer Workplace
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In the past decade, the state of safety management has changed dramatically. Gone are the days of employing simple physical protection strategies to control workplace injuries and illnesses, and with good reason. The importance of controlling the physical environment and its many components cannot be underestimated, regardless of the depth and breadth of an organization’s capability development or behavioral programs. Unguarded or improperly guarded equipment poses serious hazards to workers. Substandard practices and conditions continue to cause fatalities as well as thousands of serious and debilitating injuries each year. In 2007, the manufacturing segment experienced more than 70,000 injuries due to contact with equipment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s safe to say that many of these events were caused by the simple fact that all machines are not alike and universal methods of control are not feasible in most instances. This session is designed to offer training on the basic concepts and techniques of machine safeguarding as well as provide a path-forward approach to developing solutions that will make your workplace safer.
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Learning Objectives:
- Familiarization With Applicable Regulations and Standards
- Knowledge of Point-of-Operation and Power Transmission Guarding Requirements
- Understanding Methodologies to Guard Machine Components
- Identification of Hazards
- Visual review of guarding hazards and case study discussion
- Risk Assessment Process for Guard Assessment
- Establishing a System of Audit and Ongoing Review
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Who Should Attend?
- Safety Managers
- Safety Directors
- Safety Executives
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Presented by:
 Scott Gaddis
Global Safety Capability Leader
Kimberly-Clark Professional
Scott Gaddis was named Global Safety Capability Leader for Kimberly-Clark Professional in August 2007. Prior to that, he served as manager of the Corporate Occupational Safety and Hygiene (OS&H) team. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Gaddis was the Kimberly-Clark Professional Sector Safety Leader for North America. Mr. Gaddis also spent six years as the Safety Team Leader for the Owensboro Tissue Mill in Owensboro, Ky.
In his current role he is responsible for leading the global development of safety capability throughout the Kimberly-Clark Professional Product Supply Organization, working with the Regional Safety Leaders and mill safety teams. In addition, Mr. Gaddis also serves as a consultant and resource to the Kimberly-Clark Professional Safety Business, supporting internal and customer capability development, and providing technical consultation and industrial safety insights to the business team.
In 2008, Mr. Gaddis received a regional Mentor of the Year award at a Voluntary Protection Programs Participants’ Association (VPPPA) regional conference in Louisville, Ky.
Before joining Kimberly-Clark in 1993, Mr. Gaddis was an Environmental Safety and Health Manager for General Electric Industrial Power Systems in Owensboro, Ky. While employed there he received several internal as well as external awards for his Occupational Safety and Health and loss-reduction achievements.
Mr. Gaddis received a bachelor’s of science degree in occupational safety and health from Murray State University in Murray, Ky. He is based in Roswell, Ga.
Kimberly-Clark Professional, located in Roswell, Ga., is one of Kimberly-Clark Corporation’s (NYSE: KMB) four business segments and can be visited on the web at www.kcprofessional.com. The Safety Business website is at www.kc-safety.com.
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*CD Only - $199
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