Machinery Safety 101
15 May, 2018

Five reasons you should attend our Free Safety Talks

by Doug Nix
in Events, Free Talks, Functional Safety, Hazardous Energy Control Procedures, Interlocks, Interlocks, ISO 13849, Lockout, News, Ontario, Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews, Standards /
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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…

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20 March, 2017

ISO 13849 – 1 Analysis — Part 6: CCF — Common Cause Failures

by Doug Nix
in Canada, CE Mark, Control Functions, EU European Union, Functional Safety, Guards and Guarding, Hierarchy of Controls, Inherently Safe Design, ISO 13849 /
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This entry is part 6 of 9 in the series How to do a 13849 – 1 ana­lys­is

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…

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