Webinar Recordings
Here you will find a collection of webinar recordings on general machine safety topics.
Retrofitting Legacy Machinery for Safety: Navigating Risks & Regulatory Challenges
Many industrial facilities still rely on legacy machinery that predates modern safety standards - creating significant risk for operators and liability for organizations. Retrofitting these machines can improve performance, but without proper attention to safety integration, retrofits can inadvertently create new hazards or violate compliance requirements. From risk assessments and safeguarding techniques to navigating OSHA and ISO/ANSI standards, you'll learn how to bring legacy machinery up to current safety expectations.
Duration: 1 hour
Engineering Safety Control Measures
Effective engineering controls play a vital role in workplace safety by minimizing risks and protecting workers from hazards. In this webinar, we will explore essential safety control measures used across industries, including fixed guarding, guard door interlocks, and presence-sensing devices. Our experts will discuss best practices for implementation and compliance with key safety standards such as ANSI B11.0, NFPA 79, ISO 12100, ISO 13855, and other essential safety regulations. Gain valuable insights into designing safer work environments and ensuring compliance with both local and international regulations.
Duration: 1 hour
Basic OSHA Requirements for a Control Reliable Safety Circuit
Control reliability is a benchmark for the design of safety control circuits. There are several Categories of circuits for safety systems. Here we discuss the basic wiring designs of a safety circuits, to help you fulfill OSHA requirements and meet the conditions of a specific Performance Levels (PL) and Safety Integrity Levels (SIL).
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum Distances for Safety Control Measures
Master the art of calculating and implementing minimum safe distances. Discover the crucial factors behind implementing fixed guards and presence sensing safety devices, including the essential considerations for their strategic placement to ensure compliance and effectiveness in risk reduction.
Duration: 1 hour
Basic Requirements of Lockout Tagout
Lockout Tagout is consistently on OSHA’s top ten safety violations year after year. In this webinar, Devin Murray defines the importance of lockout tagout, its scope, the basic elements of an energy control program and alternative measures.
Duration: 1 hour
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Risk Assessment
A machine safety risk assessment is a crucial step for safeguarding industrial equipment. In this presentation, Devin Murray discussed the basic needs, requirements, and processes for an effective and efficient risk assessment procedure. This includes hazard identification, risk estimation, and risk reduction as defined by various consensus standards and regulations.
Duration: 1 hour
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Applying ISO 13849 Functional Safety to Machines in the USA
Functional safety and Performance Levels are key elements behind the global-harmonized machine safety standard ISO 13849. This webinar provides an overview of the standard, when and how to use it, how it relates to machine safety in the USA and a look at misconceptions surrounding the standard.
Duration: 1 hour
Commonly Overlooked & Misapplied Machine Safety Requirements
Machine safety can be challenging and complex, for both machine builder and user. Many times, it is difficult to stay up to date on all applicable safety standards and guidelines. With so many safety aspects to consider, it is easy to overlook crucial elements to successfully implement a safety measure. This webinar provides guidance and answers.
Duration: 1 hour
Building a Machine Safety Mindset
4 part Webinar series with Peter Rigakos
Building A Machine Safety Mindset
Avoid inconsistent machine safety methodologies amongst EHS, Engineering design, and maintenance professionals in a workplace. This webinar discusses the steps of building a machine safety mindset to achieve a more uniform company machine safety policy.
Duration: 1 hour
Risk Assessment Methods for Machine Safety and Cobots
Part of building a Machine Safety Mindset is creating a risk assessment program for all EHS, engineering design, and maintenance staff in your company. Peter Rigakos explored current risk assessment methods and the fundamental approach to creating a risk assessment program for your company in this webinar.
Duration: 1 hour
Why Machine Safety Is Not Complete without Validation
When a machine is upgraded to meet the requirements issued by a machine safety risk assessment, the system needs to be tested to ensure it functions as intended. This webinar examines why Validation is needed to ensure we are designing, installing, and testing safety systems correctly, along with the steps associated with completing a successful Validation.
Duration: 1 hour
How To Create An Effective Machine Safety Training
Is there a right way to present machine safety? Safety training often gets the bad reputation of being dull, making the process ineffectual. Learn effective ways to avoid the boredom and integrate training into your machine safety mindset.
Duration: 1 hour
