RESOURCES
Published January 2007 By Miles Free III The safety of our employees, precision and quality workmanship have always been guiding ...
Published April 2008 By Miles Free III Employers are required to determine if PPE should be used to protect their ...
PPE Hazard Assessment Thursday May 08, 2008 Certification of PPE Hazard Assessment Is Required Under 29 CFR 1910.132 To certify ...
Published March 2009 By Rob Kiener As a business owner, you want to provide your employees with a safe work ...
Published August 2009 By Jeff Wiltsie “Controls restrict, restrain, limit and regulate...” Proper use of controls provides a safe operating ...
Published April 2010 By Miles Free III The precision machining industry provides leading safety technology that makes a difference in ...
Published October 2010 By Miles Free III PMPA is proud to announce the addition of American Safety and Health Management ...
Published December 2010 By Miles Free III What will success look like for the North American Precision Machining Industry in ...
- Published February 2011 By Miles Free III Your data is needed by PMPA to help us provide facts regarding ...
Published April 2011 By Miles Free III In the January issue of Production Machining, the PMPA section began with an ...
Published August 2011 By Miles Free III The burden is on the employer to prove enforcement of the rules. Simply ...
Published October 2011 By Miles Free III OSHA cited an Ohio company for 15 safety violations and fined that company ...
Published December 2011 By Julie O-Keefe PMPA member companies are engaged in making parts that require precision machining. This necessitates ...
Published March 2012 By Miles Free III Ditch the book. Which book? That “big honkin’ binder” out in the shop ...
Published June 2012 By Richard Hoster Since being named PMPA president, W. Richard Hoster has traveled the country, visiting association ...
Published November 2012 By Miles Free III There’s nothing wrong with doing the prep work now to make your shop’s ...
April 2013 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #8 OSHA announced on March 20, 2012 a final rule updating OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard ...
Published May 2013 By David Wilhite Virtually all modern CNC machines are designed with safety in mind. However... VIEW ARTICLE ...
August 2013 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #12 As a manufacturing guy, I have spent a lot of time in shops in ...
Published April 2014 By Miles Free III An employer may provide respirators and dust masks at the request of employees, ...
Published July 2014 By Miles Free III Precision manufacturing today is far different from the dirty factories that most people ...
July 2014 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #23 Fabric and cable slings are widely employed in shops to lift and move bundles ...
November 2014 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #27 Providing lockout/tagout devices and ensuring that equipment is capable of being locked out/tagged out ...
Published December 2014 By Miles Free III Reporting of injuries and illnesses is not a right. It is an obligation ...
December 2016 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #51 There are three main areas that are solely the responsibility of management: VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
May 2017 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #54 We all know the importance of safety in our shops, so here are 12 ...
Published November 2017 By PMPA Staff In 1967, Milton E. Harris, owner of J. Harris and Sons, was approached by ...
January 2019 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #73 These five regulations are applicable to our shops and make a great logical foundation ...
April 2019 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #76 An accident is an unplanned occurrence in a production setting where a person is ...
May 2019 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #77 This is a list of the 10 most common violations in our shops this ...
TOOLS
August 2019 | Craftsman's Cribsheet #79 Shop visits are an inevitable part of business today. We have more visitors coming ...
REFERENCES
Released July 14, 2020. Miles Free & Carli Kistler-Miller extensively discuss the importance of the Federal Government's Spring 2020 Regulatory ...
OSHA Beryllium News Wednesday May 09, 2018 Delay of Enforcement of the Beryllium Standards May 11, 2018 is the day ...
Business Disaster Recovery Plan for PMPA Members To help member companies serve their customers and to minimize any interruption of ...
Disaster Planning Seminar Stay open for business by doing the little things! Below is slides provided by PMPA's Affinity Partner, ...
Safety Alert 2016: MOU OSHA DOJ The December 17, 2015 Memorandum of Understanding between OSHA and Department of Justice threatens ...
Fire Prevention - Little Things Mean A Lot! The best way to fight fires is to prevent them from happening ...
OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), first issued in 1983, was designed to ensure that employers ...
OSHA Revised Field Health & Safety Manual Available OSHA has made available the Revised Field Operations Manual. This document contains ...
Lockout/Tagout Rules - OSHA Regulation Originally published in January, 1990, PMPA's Safety & Health Bulletin #192 acquaints you with Lockout/Tagout ...