On the global basis,
deficiencies relating to the safeguarding of machines accounts for a substantial number of
workplace injuries and deaths. From our perspective, the basic problem is that the general
level of knowledge in the industrial sector relating to machine safeguarding remains low.
We created this course with the goal of improving this situation. The curriculum includes:
classes and categories of guards and process safety devices; regulatory requirements and
prosecution histories; decision logic and design steps for machine and process
safeguarding; technical features, requirements and specifications for selected
safeguarding approaches; key international industry standards, practical case experience;
evaluative tools and checklists; and design exercises.
