"Wallace, if we lock out this machine every time we have a pill jam, we will never make any product!" This was the testy response I received from a production manager while performing a lockout audit ...

To a machine designer, “stay safe” is not just a cheerful slogan or wishful thinking. Operator safety is a central design issue. The international standard, ISO 12100:2010 Safety of machinery – ...

With the growth of automation and increase of workers engaging with machines, I felt there would be some benefit to sharing an example of the safety risk assessments that we do in order to reduce or ...

This BBC Safety Guideline sets out how to risk assess. A structured way of thinking about how an activity or situation might cause harm to people or property, helping you to identify measures to ...

A majority of safety practitioners accept the premise that absolute safety is not attainable. Still, some safety practitioners profess that only a risk-free environment is acceptable. These two ...

A thoughtfully constructed QRM Master Plan translates the strategy and enables a risk-based approach. In 2009, the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry’s quality risk management (QRM) journey ...