Machine Safety – New and Updated Consensus Standards…What You Need to Know

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• Personal Author:
  Current RS ; Harris JR
• Description:
  This paper informs readers of recent changes to the ANSI B11.0 and B11.19 standards and provides an overview of each standard. In addition, the reader is made aware of selected international standards and some of their differences with B11 machine safety standards in North America. Readers are encouraged to obtain the original sources for the most complete discussion. B11.0 and B11.19 are explained by discussing: a general overview; key points/new features; changes from the previous version; and selected applicable international standards. Some key points are selected for expanded discussion. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mortality Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Employee Health Equipment Design Equipment Reliability Fatalities Industrial Equipment Injuries Injury Prevention Lost Work Days Machine Guarding Machine Operation Machine Tools Mortality Data Safety Engineering Safety Monitoring Standards Work Environment Worker Health

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• Publisher:
  American Society of Safety Engineers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049630
• Citation:
  Safety 2011: Proceedings of the 2011 American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Conference, June 12-15, 2011, Chicago, Illinois. Des Plaines, IL: American Society of Safety Engineers, 2011 Jun; :520
• Contact Point Address:
  James R. Harris, Ph.D., P.E., Research Safety Engineer, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morgantown, WV
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  West Virginia University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Safety 2011: Proceedings of the 2011 American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Conference, June 12-15, 2011, Chicago, Illinois
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7226859a96a5ba3ea1af9ca96b8bad394c37da51c7feed4b4dfab633d2106952368ce75f2147c5dad025500c0441657a31ebc80c8344b650c52cbee23d012024
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210323/cdc_210323_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 257.28 KB ]