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The Rockford Safety Blog: Expert Insights, Tips and Trends in Workplace Safety
Explore the Rockford Systems Safety Blog for expert insights, industry updates, and practical tips to enhance workplace safety. From machine safeguarding to lockout/tagout and combustion safety, our blog covers the topics that matter most to keeping your team safe and your operations compliant.
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How Can I perform Effective Periodic Inspections to Ensure 1910.147 Compliance?
Performing periodic inspections per 1910.147 is essential for maintaining workplace safety and compliance with OSHA regulations. These inspections serve as a proactive measure to identify and address potential hazards associated with the control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) systems. By conducting regular inspections, employers can ensure that lockout/tagout procedures are properly implemented, equipment is effectively maintained,…
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Mobile Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) Solutions Transforming Workplace Safety
Rockford, IL, March 19th, 2024 — Rockford Systems, LLC, a leader in machine safeguarding, proudly announces its expansion into Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) solutions for the safety industry. Rockford Systems has a history of experience and expertise that has positioned us perfectly to excel in the field of both Lockout/Tagout and Machine Safeguarding with in-depth knowledge of…
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Hydrogen Combustion: An Approaching Reality?
How long until heat treat operations use hydrogen for combustion? Considerations like cost and pipeline infrastructure are key in answering this question. For these industry experts, the consensus is clear: It is uncertain when, but hydrogen is coming. Doug Glenn, publisher of Heat Treat Today, moderated a panel of four industry experts in 2023 during…
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Rockford Combustion Ignites the Future
“Exclusive Partnership with Anderson Thermal Solutions Elevates Combustion Solutions Across the U.S.” ROCKFORD, IL, DECEMBER 18th, 2023 — Welcome to the Future of Combustion Excellence: Rockford Combustion, Your Sole US Distributor of Anderson Burners. We are thrilled to announce an exciting partnership that is set to revolutionize the landscape of combustion solutions in the United States….
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An Overview of Perimeter Safeguarding (News)
Perimeter safeguarding is perhaps the simplest, most affordable way to create a safer workplace for your employees. No matter the industry, installing perimeter safeguarding around hazardous areas — such as robotic cells, processing lines, press brakes, shears, welders, and other heavy machinery — can significantly reduce the risk of injury by preventing employees from encountering…
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An Overview of Perimeter Safeguarding
Perimeter safeguarding is perhaps the simplest, most affordable way to create a safer workplace for your employees. No matter the industry, installing perimeter safeguarding around hazardous areas — such as robotic cells, processing lines, press brakes, shears, welders, and other heavy machinery — can significantly reduce the risk of injury by preventing employees from encountering…
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Rockford Systems Announces Summer Schedule for Online Machine Safeguarding Seminars
ROCKFORD, IL, MAY 16, 2023 — The summer is an ideal time to improve your staff’s knowledge of machine safety. Yet with busy production schedules and employee vacations, finding the time to attend a multi-day, off-site class can be challenging. To help, Rockford Systems, LLC. has extended its highly recognized machine safeguarding seminar program into an…
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Rockford Systems Gauge Ensures Machine Safeguarding Meets OSHA, ANSI, and CSA Point-of-Operation Requirements
ROCKFORD, IL, APRIL 20, 2023 — Rockford Systems, LLC offers a simple Point-of-Operation gauge for use during the design, installation, and inspection of machine safeguarding. The pocket-sized reference tool verifies that the guard’s opening complies with OSHA 1910.217 (c) (1) (ii) CSA (Canadian Standards Association), and ANSI (American National Standards Institute) machine safety standards requirements,…
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Rockford Systems Donates Safeguarding Machines, Classroom Curriculum Development, and On-site Safety Training to Slippery Rock University
ROCKFORD, IL, March 20, 2023 — Rockford Systems, LLC, announced today a pledge to provide the safety management program at Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, PA, with classroom training in machine safeguarding, course content development, and fully safeguarded metalworking equipment, including a mechanical press and vertical mill, as an in-kind gift over the next…
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Rockford Systems Offers Assistance in Interpreting Recent Changes to OSHA Enforcement Guidance
ROCKFORD, IL, FEBRUARY 8, 2023 — On January 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that OSHA has issued new enforcement guidance to make its penalties more effective in stopping employers from repeatedly exposing workers to life-threatening hazards, or failing to comply with certain workplace safety and health requirements. These penalties will go into effect…
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“Zero Force” Optical Touch Button Control System Prevents Repetitive Motion Injuries
ROCKFORD, IL, FEBRUARY 1, 2023 — Rockford Systems, LLC, a global leader in machine safeguarding, today introduced a turnkey control system that ensures on-the-job safety for operators of table-top pneumatic presses, while also reducing their risk of tendon, nerve and neurovascular disorders. Comprised of a control module (GIC2501) and a control bar assembly (LLC2600) that is…
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Rockford Systems Announces New Website Launch
ROCKFORD, IL, JANUARY 3, 2023 — Rockford Systems, LLC, a turnkey supplier of machine safeguarding equipment and services, is inviting industrial safety professionals to explore its newly redesigned website launched today at www.rockfordsystems.com. Boasting a clean, modern look, the website has been completely revamped to offer an improved user experience with easier navigation and better…
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Rockford Combustion Systems offers expertise and experience to improve NFPA compliance, worker safety, efficiency, and air quality, while reducing the risk of fires and explosions.
Rockford’s job is to ensure workers understand how to maintain the safety equipment as well as the functions of that safety equipment and what can happen if that safety equipment is circumvented. (Courtesy: Rockford Combustion Solutions) For industrial furnaces and ovens to do their jobs involves a lot of potentially dangerous and hazardous machinery and…
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What to Do if You are Issued an OSHA Citation
The Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA) is the federal agency responsible for overseeing workplace safety. On the federal level, OSHA conducted 24,333 inspections in 2021. Of these 24,333 inspections, 10,584 (about 43 percent) were programmed inspections that focused OSHA’s enforcement resources towards industries and operations where known hazards exist. If a violation is discovered…
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Strategies to Reduce Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) are a collection of highly reactive chemical compounds formed during combustion processes, partly from nitrogen compounds in the fuel, but mostly by direct combination of atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen in flames. One chemical reactant of NOx is nitrogen gas (N2). Formed by two nitrogen atoms, N2 lacks smell, color, and taste. N2 is also…
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Do Your Machines Have Anti-Restart Protection? Here’s How to Find Out
ROCKFORD, IL, JULY 19, 2022 — In order to meet certain regulations, and as a best safety practice, machinery must be prevented from automatically or unintentionally restarting when an unscheduled power interruption occurs. The safety regulations that reference preventing accidental operation can be found in OSHA 1910.217 (b)(8)(ii) and ANSI B11.1-2009 (6)(2)(3). OSHA 1910 Subpart…
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Rockford Systems Sensing-Saf-Start Protects Machine Operators from Accidental Re-starts following Power Interruptions
ROCKFORD, IL, JUNE 9, 2022 — Drills, mills, lathes, grinders, saws and other dangerous machinery can abruptly shut down during operation due to an unscheduled power interruption. When an unintended shutdown takes place, it is critically important that the machine does not automatically restart, catching the operator by surprise and leading to a serious accident….
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What The Wave of Retiring Machinists Means to Plant Safety
ROCKFORD, IL, MAY 17, 2022 – Within the next decade approximately 2.7 million “Baby Boomers” (b. 1946-1964) will retire, thereby ensuring that tens of thousands of skilled, well-paid positions will become available without a ready supply of American workers to fill them. Statistics paint an especially gloomy picture for the manufacturing sector, a widening of…
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