According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 5,000 American manufacturing workers suffer injuries involving amputation or limb loss every single year. In all, amputations rank in OSHA’s top three serious workplace injuries. The Detect-A-Finger® drop-probe device is designed to prevent a riveter, welder or other small machine from cycling if it encounters fingers…
On the surface, at least, machine lockout/tagout (LOTO) appears simple: Identify and isolate energy sources, lock and tag, and perform the procedure that needs to get done. Simple, right? Wrong. When energy is required to complete machine diagnostics or set-up work, or when a minor maintenance job is going to throw production hours behind schedule,…
Drill presses, lathes, grinders and milling machinery are essential metalworking tools, but like all machines, they can be dangerous without adequate safeguarding. Hundreds of injuries occur annually from the improper maintenance and use of these machines, such as amputations, burns and lacerations, according to the Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA). Rockford Systems, a leader in…
Rockford Systems, a leader in machine safeguarding technologies, has forged a new partnership with Lazersafe® by becoming an authorized distributor of the Lazersafe Sentinel Plus press brake guarding system. Designed for the retrofit market, the Sentinel Plus makes it possible to realize the benefits of enhanced machine safety while also keeping press brake performance and…
Rockford Systems, a leader in machine safeguarding technologies, today announced its new RSXpress fully-automated machine safety assessment service. The new service integrates Rockford System’s surveying expertise with a proprietary, cloud-based digital platform, allowing the company to generate risk assessment and machine survey proposals up to 50 percent faster than legacy methods. “It is important to…
ROCKFORD, IL, JUNE 14, 2017 — Rockford Systems, a leader in machine safeguarding technologies, announced today it will showcase a broad variety of innovations in Booth #573 during the SAFETY 2017 Expo in Denver, CO, June 19-21, 2017, sponsored by the American Society of Safety Engineers. With a new level of synergy running throughout its service…
ROCKFORD, IL, JUNE 12, 2017 — Rockford Systems, a leader in machine safeguarding technologies, including barrier guards, continues to bring safety-driven solutions to the plant floor with its EX-AL™ barrier guarding systems, now available custom designed and built to meet the safety standards of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and American National Standards Institute…
Safeguard Press Brake – Press brakes are especially dangerous pieces of machinery that require operator caution, regular maintenance, and protective safeguards. Used extensively in the forming of sheet metal and plate materials, press brakes are a frequent cause of amputations and crushing injuries. Because of this danger, press brakes are currently a hot topic in…
Press Brakes are currently a hot topic in the “Machine Safeguarding” arena. OSHA regulations consider press brakes to be a 1910.212 machine, saying to the employer; “one or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point…
Rockford Systems, LLC., a premier provider of machine safeguarding products and services, is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at the Minnesota Safety Council’s Safety + Health Conference on May 16-18, 2017, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. With a new level of synergy running throughout its product portfolio, Rockford Systems will address the…
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