Manufacturing Safety Resources
Powered Industrial Lifts (Forklifts)
Hazard
Hazard Communication
- Hazard Communication: Hazard Classification Guidance for Manufacturers, Importers, and Employers (2016)
- Hazard Communication: Small Entity Compliance Guide for Employers That Use Hazardous Chemicals (2014)
- Steps to an Effective Hazard Communication Program for Employers That Use Hazardous Chemicals
- OSHA Brief Hazard Communication Standard: Safety Data Sheets
- Hazard Communication Safety Data Sheets - Quickcard
- Hazard Communication Standard: Labels and Pictograms
- NFPA OSHA Label Comparison - Quickcard
- Hazard Communication Standard Pictogram - Quickcard
- Hazard Communication Pictograms Index
- Side-by-side comparison of HazCom 1994 and Revised HazCom 2012 rules
- Labeling of Hazardous Chemicals for Bulk Shipments Joint Guidance Memorandum
- OSHA/SCHC Alliance Webinar: Hazard Communications 2012 Presentation
- Hazard Communication: One Year of Implementation 2013 Hazard Communication Presentation
- December 2013 Training Requirements for the Revised Hazard Communication Standard
Ergonomics
Ergonomics
- Department of Defense Ergonomics Worksite Analysis Overview
- Department of Defense Hazard Prevention and Control Overview
- Solutions for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Foundries
- Prevention of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Poultry Processing
- NIOSH: Ergonomic Guidelines for Manual Material Handling
- A Primer Based on Workplace Evaluations of Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Easy Ergonomics: A Practical Approach for Improving the Workplace
- Ergonomic Assessment Toolkit
- Lifting Calculator
- Hazard Zone Checklist
- Caution Zone Checklist
- Liberty Mutual Manual Materials Handling Tables
- Ergonomic Evaluation of Surfacing and Finishing Tasks during Eyeglass Manufacturing – Minnesota
- Ergonomic Evaluation at a Steel Grating Manufacturing Plant
- NIOSH: A Guide to Selecting Non-Powered Hand Tools
- OSHA Video: Ergonomic Programs That Work
- Ergonomics in the Printing Industry
Lockout
Lockout/Tagout
- Lockout-Tagout Interactive Training Program
- Lockout/Tagout National Ag Safety Database (NASD)
- Sample Written Program for Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
- Guidelines for Controlling Hazardous Energy During Maintenance and Servicing
- OSHA Fact Sheet
- OSHA: Control of Hazardous Energy Lockout/Tagout
- Using Lockout and Tagout Procedures to Prevent Injury and Death during Machine Maintenance
- Control of Hazardous Energy Sources - Self-Inspection Checklist - Schools
- Preventing Worker Deaths from Uncontrolled Release of Electrical, Mechanical, and Other Types of Hazardous Energy
Forklift
Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklifts)
- OSHA eTool - Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklift)
- Preventing Injuries and Deaths of Workers Who Operate or Work Near Forklifts
- Fatal Accident Summary Report: Struck and Crushed By a Backing Forklift While Cleaning Up an Auto Salvage Yard
- Fact Sheet: Ensuring Pedestrian Safety Around Power Industrial Trucks
- Fact Sheet: Preventing Injury Related to Powered Industrial Trucks with Effective Training
- Forklifts and Pallet Jacks - Summaries of regulations and evalutaions of accidents involving forklifts
Machine
Machine Guarding
- Machine Guarding. OSHA eTool with specifics for various saws, presses, and plastics machinery.
- Amputations. OSHA Fact Sheet, (2002).
- Potential Hazards Associated with the Use of Replacement Materials for Machine Guarding . OSHA Hazard Information Bulletin (HIB). Clarifies that replacement machine guard windows must meet or exceed the manufacturer's original design specifications.
- Injuries and Amputations Resulting from Work with Mechanical Power Presses. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication.
- Hazards of Operating Unguarded Stone Cutters and Splitters in Landscaping and Other Worksites. OSHA Safety and Health Information Bulletin (2013).
- Preventing Cuts and Amputations from Food Slicers and Meat Grinders. OSHA Fact Sheet ( 2015).
