CSA Z432 Public Review is open. If you are a user, a builder of machinery, or an evaluator of machinery, this is your opportunity to see the draft of this important standard and to make comments to help the Technical Committee improve the standard on your behalf. Note: The start of the public review period…
Read MoreFive reasons you should attend our Free Safety Talks

Reason #1 – Free Safety Talks You can’t argue with Free Stuff! Last week we partnered with Schmersal Canada and Franklin Empire to put on three days of Free Safety Talks. We had full houses in all three locations, Windsor, London and Cambridge, with nearly 60 people participating. We had two great presenters who helped…
Read MoreISO 13849-1 Analysis โ The Complete Reference List
Post updated 2019-07-24. Ed. As promised in previous posts, here is the complete reference list for the series “How to do a 13849-1 analysis”! If you have any additional resources you think readers would find helpful, please add them in the comments.
Read MoreISO 13849-1 Analysis โ Part 6: CCF โ Common Cause Failures
Post updated 2019-07-24. Ed. What is a “Common Cause Failure”? There are two similar-sounding terms that people often get confused: Common Cause Failure (CCF) and Common Mode Failure. While these two types of failures sound similar, they are different. A Common Cause Failure is a failure in a system where two or more portions of the…
Read MoreCanada Adopts ISO 13857 – Safety Distances
Safety Distances As part of the work on the 3rd Edition of CSA Z432, Canada has decided to adopt ISO 13857 as CAN/CSA-ISO 13857. The standard was adopted in 2015 without technical deviations. Why ISO 13857? CSA Z432 has long had portions of the information in ISO 13857 in its annexes – Annex C has…
Read More