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Annual machine safeguarding audit service introduced

According to Mr Brenner, these types of events are common: “I have recently been at several large manufacturing facilities where safety equipment installed as part of a large safeguarding initiative have been removed or disabled, creating unsafe working conditions.” Rockford Systems, LLC www.rockfordsystems.com

Annual audits assist companies in staying current with evolving standards. In addition, changes can occur to a safeguarding programme that heighten the potential for injuries. For instance, safety equipment may be removed, bypassed or tampered with, or reinstalled incorrectly during maintenance.

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its Annual Verification Audit. The service is designed to verify that safeguarded equipment is being used as designed and intended, to protect employees working in dangerous environments. It also ensures that a company’s capital investment in providing a safe working environment is sustained and continues to be in compliance with OSHA regulation and ANSI B11.19 standards, as well as meeting any internal safety policies that a company may have established. “Machine safeguarding initiatives require significant investment in capital and outside expertise,” said Matt Brenner, vice president and general manager of Rockford Systems. “If not sustained over time, the original capital investment is devalued. More importantly, risk increases. Employees are less safe and the probability and associated costs of a significant workplace injury escalates.” An annual audit will verify that installed safeguarding equipment continues to be used, and operated, as intended. The primary evaluation criteria for the audit are visual inspection and function testing of safeguarding, controls, disconnects, motor starters, and properly applied mechanical power transmission apparatus covers. Once an audit is completed, Rockford Systems provides a detailed report highlighting deficiencies, along with high-level recommendations for corrective actions to bring deficient equipment back into compliance. The new annual audit differs from Rockford’s turnkey Machine Safeguarding Assessment service. Mr Brenner explained that “this more detailed assessment process provides a comprehensive analysis of safety and compliance issues along with recommendations for engineered solutions, products and installation of equipment. The audit is performed after machine safeguarding upgrades to ensure sustainability of machine safeguarding improvements.” To help customers manage their machine safeguarding programmes, Rockford’s cloud-based portal MyRockCloud stores current and historical audit report data. The portal creates an electronic archive that users can access from any location. In the event of an accident or an OSHA inspection, evidence of the machine safeguarding programme will be available. Machine Safeguarding

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