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Month: June 2026

Common Machine Guarding Hazards You Might Have Missed

26 June 26 Articles

Key Takeaways Machine guarding hazards rarely arise from a complete lack of protection. They develop as safeguarding degrades, is modified or no longer reflects current operation. PUWER Regulation 11 requires prevention of access to dangerous parts based on how machinery operates today, not how it was originally installed. Common weaknesses include overlooked in‑running nip points,…

Engineering a Verified Plant-Wide Safety Architecture in a Heavy Industrial Environment

1 June 26 Case Studies

When a serious safety incident at a major UK heavy industrial processing facility triggered a full reassessment of plant-wide protection, Safety Systems Technology (SST) was appointed to redesign the safety-related control system across the site. Working closely with long-standing partner SICK Sensor Intelligence, SST delivered one of the UK’s largest wide-area safety networks, using SICK…