Machinery Safety 101
19 February, 2018

Safety Label Format Solutions for Solving Complex Messaging Challenges

by Erin Earley
in Hazard Warnings, Hierarchy of Controls, International /
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Safety label on a roller conveyor
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Safety Labels

Safety Label Mes­saging Basics Safety label design fol­lows three prin­ciples: Identi­fy the haz­ard Identi­fy the likely degree of injury that could occur Instruct the read­er about ways to avoid injury Design­ing warn­ings seems a simple task. How­ever, users may not be Eng­lish speak­ing or lit­er­ate. Depend­ing on the jur­is­dic­tions where your product will be mar­keted, like…

17 August, 2012

Do you use ISO 13849 or IEC 62061? We need to hear from you! UPDATED

by Doug Nix
in Control Functions, Control Reliability, Functional Safety, ISO 13849, Robotics /
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Do you use ISO 13849 – 1 or IEC 62061 to define and ana­lyze the safety related parts of the con­trol sys­tems used on your machinery? Have you been frus­trated by try­ing to apply these stand­ards? Good news! ISO and IEC are work­ing on mer­ging these doc­u­ments, but the com­mit­tee work­ing on the mer­ger needs some guid­ance from…

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