SAFETY TIP: Manufacturing Safety

It looks like OSHA is targeting manufacturing operations. Here are some manufacturing safety tips from Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (Australia) to help keep you accident-free:

• Keep work areas clear and tidy.
  
• Keep air hoses and power cords away from thoroughfares or taped down.
  
• Stack or remove buckets and pallets when not in use.
  
• Clean up excess product, waste materials and material spills from walkways.
  
• Remove excess filings, shavings, materials and off-cuts from walkways and work areas.
  
• Mark walkways and exclusion zones around work areas.
  
• Provide enough storage to keep materials and waste out of work areas.
  
• Have safe systems for the delivery and storage of materials, and collection and removal of waste.
  
• Inspect delivery and storage areas regularly for hazards.
  
• Provide appropriate lighting for the tasks being done.

Manufacturing Safety Resources:

• Equipment and Work Safety Checklists from Oregon OSHA.
• OSHA Recommended Practices for Safety & Health Programs.
• NIOSH Fatal Occupational Injury Cost Fact Sheet: Manufacturing.
• Browse Machine & Process safety signs at ComplianceSigns.com.