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QuickTakes: Understanding Amputation Prevention

There are over 4,000 amputations in our industry every year. To put it another way, every printing company in America could expect to experience an amputation among their workforce at least once every eight years. 

Eventually, these startling statistics came to the attention of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration. In 2006, the printing industry was placed into a new National Emphasis Program on Preventing Amputations in the Workplace. Since then, this program has prompted more OSHA inspections than any other reason. “Amputation Prevention Inspections” continue to this day. They are called “Programmed Inspections” by OSHA – but they will be a surprise to you when Compliance Officers come knocking at your door. 

An amputation is extremely personal and comes at a great cost to the individual worker.  In looking at both direct and indirect costs, an amputation event can impact a business financially by upwards of $200,000. 

In this webinar, we will look at:

• Requirements for machine safeguarding, lockout/tagout and electrical safety
• "Programmed Inspections" by OSHA
• Training, procedures and written programs to implement 

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