Reserve Now: Fall Machine Safety Training
Posted by Clarion Safety Systems | 28th Aug 2024
Are you looking for training for you or your team on machine safety and risk assessment processes, including the latest best practices and standards updates? Then you will not want to miss our next training course of 2024, held October, 8th & 9th 2024.
At select points throughout the year, our team at Machine Safety Specialists offers live web training courses for machine safety and risk assessment training. After increasing popularity, we have decided to add more courses to this year's lineup – with our upcoming course in October designed to improve safety in facilities by increasing awareness of modern safety standards, enabling an increased use of engineering controls for risk reduction methods.
Like our other scheduled sessions, this training course will be online to enable easier attendance for those from long distances, and will be hosted live over Microsoft Teams. Participants will also be provided with a PDF file of training materials beforehand.
A Deep Dive on Training: Engineering Experience
Ken Hackworth, PE, FS Eng (TÜV Rheinland #12058/16)
Vice President of Safety Assessment at Clarion Safety Systems and Machine
Safety Specialists, will be the instructor of this course. Ken has more than 25
years of experience in industrial controls and functional safety systems. He is
a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) and a certified Functional Safety
Engineer, as well as a member of ANSI B11 and the American Society of Safety
Professionals. Ken is experienced and certified in U.S. and international
safety standards, including OSHA, ANSI, NFPA, RIA, and ISO/EN standards and
specializes in machine safety engineering and compliance consulting. As a
trainer for OSHA, Ohio BWC and several multi-national industrial clients, Ken
enjoys training safety professionals, technical staff and business leaders in
the latest technology and safety standards for industrial machinery.
A full scope of the training course is detailed below:
Who’s the Course Designed For?
- Technical Personnel, including
- Engineers
- Technicians
- Maintenance Personnel
- Operators (as participants in risk assessment exercises)
- Safety Professionals
- Business Leaders
What’s Covered in the Course?
- Machine safeguarding
- Control reliability, functional safety, and safety interlocks
- Effective alternative for hazardous energy control (LOTO alternatives)
- Applicable OSHA, ANSI, NFPA, RIA, and ISO standards
- Machine risk assessment
- Calculating safe distances
- Liability and legal concerns
Additional Course Information
With over 30 years of experience in inspecting, consulting, and conducting
accident investigations in more than 500 plants across the U.S., Canada,
Mexico, and Japan , Machine Safety Specialists will also be presenting real
examples and illustrations throughout the training course for participants to
benefit from.
The main sessions on October 8th and 9th will both run from 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and will be hosted over Microsoft Teams. For more information and registration, you can visit Machine Safety Specialists course overview page.
If you are looking for more detailed or other specific topics for your team, we also offer instructor-led training for individual teams. Each course can be customized for your particular application and safety needs – these are offered both on-site and on-line. View the Machine Safety Specialists main training page and fill out their inquiry form to learn more.
