It’s easy to make excuses especially when it helps you to avoid doing extra work or saves you time and money. Unfortunately, excuses can be very risky too, it may even cost a life. Ask yourself, are you willing to take that risk?
Machine guarding in Ontario needs to be taken seriously. Machine Guarding is intended to protect workers from coming into contact with hazards. The philosophy is simple, ‘if it can hurt an employee, it must be guarded’. The machine guarding standards identify ways to protect workers.
Many companies have taken industrial machine guarding very seriously, but accidents statistics indicate there are still companies that choose to put workers at risk. These companies’ uses all the excuses under their belt when something goes wrong. Some of the excuses for not following machine guarding standards are:
1) “We never thought that could happen at our plant!”
Well, accidents do not send you a memo before accidents happen. We need to be in compliance with the machine guarding standards industrial setting where machineries operate. In 2017, 951 workplace fatalities were recorded in Canada, an increase of 46 from the previous year. Among these deaths were 23 young workers aged 15-24. Following safety standards could take machine guarding in Ontario to the next level.
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