Undertaking Security Projects: The Value of External Managers The field of health and safety at work is becoming increasingly complex and several sub-fields, which are often highly technical, are starting to appear or to evolve. Machine safety is a prime example of...
Integration of Safety Right from the Design of a Machine The CNESST’s “machine safety” action plan launched in 2005 has certainly raised awareness and improved the safety of a lot of equipment in Quebec, although there is still some way to go. It is the owner’s...
Analysis of a Machine Accident That Could Have Been Avoided According to the IRSST’s annual indicators on occupational injuries, the number of work accidents fell sharply between 2007 and 2012 (22% decrease in injuries with loss of time later compensated) (Duguay et...
Guards: Changes of Standard ISO 13857-2019 Standard ISO 13857 on safety distances preventing lower and upper limbs from reaching hazardous areas, together with standard ISO 14120 concerning the general requirements for the design and construction of fixed and movable...
CNESST Zero Tolerance In Quebec, the health and safety of workers is a priority framed in section 2 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (LSST), which defines its purpose by eliminating at the source of the hazards to health, safety and health and physical...
Machine safety – What is Industry 4.0? Also called industry of the future, or 4th industrial revolution, industry 4.0 represents a new organization of industries based on new technologies relying on interconnectivity between human beings, machines and resources....