One day when Jack Reiter was a boy, he watched his dad nearly lose a thumb when a board he was cutting with a table saw bound then kicked back like a whip as he fumbled for the "off" switch. Reiter ...

In machine shops, slipping safety standards will affect the workers and equipment. With rotating parts, heavy machinery, electrical hazards, and fine airborne particulates, even a momentary lapse can ...

During the design process, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is typically used to assess how equipment and machinery might fail. Recent functional safety design legislation in the EU has ...