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PPSA Annual Safety & Health Conference 2023

PPSA Annual Safety & Health Conference 2023

Uniguard Machine Guards at the Pulp & Paper Safety Association’s Annual Safety & Health Conference at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld® on Sun, Jun 11, 2023 – Wed, Jun 14, 2023 in Orlando, Florida.

OSHA Top 10 Safety Violations 2022

OSHA Top 10 Safety Violations 2022

“OSHA’s annual Top 10 list helps define trends so safety professionals can find the appropriate solutions,” said Lorraine Martin, NSC president and CEO.

2021 Material Related Price Increase

2021 Material Related Price Increase

To: Uniguard Machine Guard Customers From: Michael T. Bell, Director of Operations Subject: 2021 Material Related Price Increase Uniguard Machine Guards has not been immune to the pricing pressures on resin and plastics in 2021. These increases are directly impacting...

Sizing Charts Updated May 2021

Sizing Charts Updated May 2021

The following sizing charts have been updated: HBG Horizontal Belt Guards Sizing Chart VBG Vertical Belt Guards Sizing Chart MBG Mounted Belt Guards Sizing Chart

Preparing for an OSHA Inspection

Preparing for an OSHA Inspection

The following was prepared by the Sherman & Howard LLC law firm, www.shermanhoward.com. Part I: Selecting a Company Representative The most important step to take before an OSHA inspection even takes place is selecting a company representative. The company...

OSHA’s Top 10 Safety Citations

OSHA’s Top 10 Safety Citations

It’s back, and while the focus of 2020’s most frequently cited workplace safety violations didn’t change too dramatically year over year, some of the factors contributing to them offer perspective on the changing face of industrial safety. The announcement was made...

OSHA Reveals Top 10 Violations

OSHA Reveals Top 10 Violations

OSHA Reveals Top 10 Violations for 2019 at NSC Congress and Expo SAN DIEGO – The National Safety Council and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the preliminary Top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety violations for fiscal year 2019....

Custom Uniclear Coupling Guard for Fybroc 5500 Pump

Custom Uniclear Coupling Guard for Fybroc 5500 Pump

Here is a safe and simple use of our Custom Uniclear Coupling Machine Guard for a Fybroc 5500 pump at an aquarium. As you can see from looking at the old corroded, metallic machine guard, all the salt water in the air was quite corrosive.  

OSHA’s Top 10 Citations for 2018

OSHA’s Top 10 Citations for 2018

OSHA reports and distributes this list of the top 10 cited standards after inspections of workplaces. Take steps to address and fix any hazards and be ready for the OSHA inspectors while keeping your workers safe. Most Cited Violations of 2018 1. Fall...

Worker at New Bedford Seafood Processing Plant Dies

Worker at New Bedford Seafood Processing Plant Dies

For the second time in five years, a worker at the Sea Watch International seafood processing plant in New Bedford has died after getting caught in machinery, according to the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health. William Couto, 63 of Acushnet,...

Tapered Belt Machine Guard for Paper Mill

Tapered Belt Machine Guard for Paper Mill

I received these tapered belt guard photos that were recently installed at a paper mill customer located in the northeast. "we love the way the new guard looks, light weight and easy to install". To find your closest distributor go to...

Tapered Belt Machine Guards for Power Plant

Tapered Belt Machine Guards for Power Plant

This is the 1st of 17 tapered belt guards to be installed at this power plant I visited earlier this year. The maintenance manager was concerned with the weight of his metal guard and lack of room to access the equipment. We provided maintenance lubrication access...

Machine Guarding for Paint Pigment Plant

Machine Guarding for Paint Pigment Plant

I had the opportunity to work with one of my distributors this year at a paint pigment plant. The following are photos of 5 of the 7 guards we supplied them. This is the 1st of 26 machines they plan to guard at this facility. They like them so much they are going to...

In Baton Rouge with GCI, Inc.

In Baton Rouge with GCI, Inc.

Last week I had the opportunity to return to Baton Rouge and work with Barry Bond (President), Celeste Barrett (Office Mgr-left) and Jenna Bond (Sales Engineer-right) with GCI, Inc. We then watched LSU vs. Rice from the GCI suite at Tiger Stadium along with one of my...

Frakes – Pump Outfitting Pump Skids with Uniguard CGU Kit Guards

Frakes – Pump Outfitting Pump Skids with Uniguard CGU Kit Guards

These photos were supplied by Frakes - Pump Worx and they are great examples how shops are using our CGU kit guards when repairing pump skid packages back to their customers with OSHA compliant machine guarding.   [gallery columns="2" link="file" size="medium"...

Omron Gotcha Stick

Omron Gotcha Stick

If you're interested in improve your machine guarding to meet OSHA/ANSI/SEMI/CSA safety standards...I suggest purchasing the Omron Gotcha Stick. It will provide you with the appropriate gap allowable based on the distance from the hazard. These can be purchased from a...

Custom Uniguard Machine Guard Replacement for Tri-State Bearing

Custom Uniguard Machine Guard Replacement for Tri-State Bearing

28" high custom guard. Direct replacement and drop in thanks to the #uniguard design. #machineguards #maketheworkplacesafe #safeworkplace #rotatingequipment #coupling #ANSI A post shared by Tri-State Bearing (@tristatebearing) on Jun 15, 2017 at 1:55pm PDT...

Precision Electric Motor Works Using Uniguard

Precision Electric Motor Works Using Uniguard

  #precisionelectric using #uniguard to meet #osha requirements. #instock #distributor A post shared by Precision_electric (@precision_electric) on Aug 10, 2017 at 1:16pm PDT Precision Electric Motor Works specializes in the rewind and repair of electric motors...

Uniguard Machine Guards at R.F. MacDonald Co. in Santa Fe Springs

Uniguard Machine Guards at R.F. MacDonald Co. in Santa Fe Springs

We visited 5 R.F. MacDonald Co. locations in California to present Uniguard Machine Guards to over 35 sales engineers.  They enjoyed the presentation and asked many questions.  Our Marketing Department added them to our map and they received two RFQ’s from...