Machinery Safety Matters
The series of these podcast is going to cover what machinery safety is, why it matters, how you can apply engineering solutions to solve problems while also keeping them safe and complaint with the relevant characteristics and requirements.
I have been in an engineering position, surrounded by machinery of some description since 1992, I have a strong background in electrical and mechanical engineering disciplines, and I have always had a curiosity to learn about engineering. I've studied it academically all the way up to degree, and post graduate level. I have travelled the far reaches of the globe and seen and assessed 1000's of machines in all different industries. I have consulted on the design following directives, regulations and standards on multimillion pound projects, and I still haven't learned everything there is to know. I think I will be an eternal student wanting to know more about machinery safety.
Machinery safety is a niche of general health and safety, and requires specialist knowledge to be able to apply it correctly. While occupational H&S safety concentrate on human behaviour, the management and safe systems of work, machinery safety deals with how that machine will manage the task it is being designed to do in a safe and reliable way. Its design should not to create any undue risk to the person using the machine. We all want a machine to be safe and not harm us or our friends and loved ones.
My aim is to share my experiences so that when you are faced with a scenario that will be discussed, in any one of the episodes, you will have the right steps to take. You might not, know the answer, but you will, have an idea on how to get to the right place, that is safe and compliant.
Health and Safety, but more specifically, machinery safety, is a learned skill, and with the right approach, framework and knowledge you will soon be on your way to making the right choices, if done correctly there is no need to fear or shy away from taking the first steps.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 30
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2024
Where do I need to locate my emergency stops?
Where do I need to locate my emergency stops?
This podcast is going to cover, not just where to locate your emergency stops around your machines or on the machine itself, but what else you need to co…
Machines designed for maintainability
I want to discuss what you must at least think about before you put your machine into service, so that the maintenance of keeping your machine safe and sound, throughput of your machine, and ultimate…
Performance level risk assessments for control sytems
Description
Risk assessment for safety related parts of control systems, and how to approach those first decisions on what to do.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
This is an extra step, and builds on the information of…
The 6 requirements for interlocking movable guards
Description
The 6 requirements for interlocking movable guards
KEY TAKEAWAYS
“the last thing you want is a door interlock that comes away, from the movable guard when operators are in the danger are…
Safety and Reliabiltiy of control systems
Description
The safety related part of the control system, is the brains, it's the intelligence, it's the part of your machine that will decide, if something is safe for you to interact with or not…
The 7 bad arguments against machinery safety.
Description
The work of someone who is interested in improving safety of machinery isn't one, where you identify an issue, report it and then it smoothly gets done with no resistance or pushback. - …
What does State of the Art mean?
Description
What does state of the Art mean?
a phrase that you may have heard before, in everyday use or even in an engineering setting
VALUABLE RESOURCES
BS EN ISO 12100:2010
Safety of machinery. G…
Contents of Machinery manuals Part 1
Description
Once you've got hold of your maintenance manual, and the type of information you should expect to see contained within it
I'm going to cover the first 8 area's that you might expect t…
What’s the difference between an emergency stop and a machine stop?
Description
Machines sometimes come with an emergency stop, and sometimes they come with their own stop, sometimes with both. Do we need both, just one or none at all?
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The 3 differen…
What makes an electrical machine isolator safe?
Description
Required characteristics of a machine isolator
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Not all devices that are used for machine isolation are up to the job.
BEST MOMENTS
I'm going to briefly discuss the 6 main r…
Third Party Assessors for machinery safety inspection
Description
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
VALUABLE RESOURCES
BS EN ISO 12100:2010
Safety of machinery. General principles for design. Risk assessment and risk reduction
Fo…
Safe operating modes using the D.I.C.E model.
Description
Machines operate in different modes, and there are key characteristics of changing these modes of operation if you want to ensure operator safety.
There are at least 4 key requirements that…
Common myths around risk assessments
Description
You may have heard in your organisation or business that one or two people who comes out with the following phrases: I call them Common myths around risk assessments.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
t's…
Shrouded vs Unshrouded Emergency stop pushbuttons
Description
There are multiple types of emergency stops on the market and today, I want to discuss the over-use of shrouded emergency stops on installations, and where it’s inappropriate to install o…
Integration of machine emergency stops
Description
When you add a machine into an existing system it will more often than not have it's own emergency stop, and a decision on whether or how to integrate it into the existing system will ha…
Does a modified machine always need to be RE - CE marked?
Description
If I modify the machine, will I need to re CE mark it? Well, the short answer to that is - it depends,
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The 4 requirement of assemblies of machinery listed.
BEST MOMENTS
…
What is a guard?
Description
This is going to be a deep dive into what a guard is, the required characteristics, the types, how to choose and where to get more information, for creating your guard design.
KEY TAKEAW…
The First 10 Measures, for inherent safe machine design.
I'm going to walk you through the first 10 considerations for inherent safe machinery design.
1 Geometric Factors - Shapes
2 Physical Aspects
3 Taking into account general technical knowledge of machine…
How to deal with hazards on machines.
Description
How to approach hazards and apply the hierarchy of controls
KEY TAKEAWAYS
· When faced with a hazard on a machine, it is really important to know how to manage those hazards.
· …
The essential framework for writing instructions for your machinery.
Description
This podcast is going to describe what information that the manufacturer needs to provide to the user of the machinery.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
· There are 4 general principles when it comes…