Clock ticking on machine safety standards.A three-year countdown to compliance with new worker-safety standards from the American National Standards Institute See ANSI. (body, standard) American National Standards Institute - (ANSI) The private, non-profit organisation (501(c)3) responsible for approving US standards in many areas, including computers and communications. ANSI is a member of ISO. , N.Y.C., has begun for owners of injection-blow and extrusion blow molding machines. The ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. B151.15-2003 standards were adopted and published in September (for injection-blow) and October (for extrusion blow), setting deadlines for full compliance by the same month in 2006. These standards detail ways to meet OSHA's general safety requirements for these machines. "ANSI standards provide a roadmap to best industry safety practices," says Walt Bishop, director of SPI's Machinery, Molders, and Moldmakers divisions, which developed the standards with ANSI. The standards indicate how to fulfill requirements to protect operators from mechanical, thermal, and electrical hazards. They describe essential safety interlocks, mechanical guards, digital relays, and redundancy techniques. Industry sources estimate that of the 8000 or so extrusion and injection-blow machines in the U.S., about half do not yet fully comply. New machines have been built to meet the standard for some time now, and OEMs offer packages for brining older models into compliance. The estimated cost is $10,000 to $25,000 per machine. Though the ANSI standards are "voluntary," Bishop calls them "reference points" for OSHA OSHA n. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a branch of the US Department of Labor responsible for establishing and enforcing safety and health standards in the workplace. inspectors as well as for legal authorities pursuing liability actions. Copies of the standards cost $42 from Global Engineering Documents, div. of IHS IHS (I.H.S.) first three letters of Greek spelling of Jesus; also taken as acronym of Iesus Hominum Salvator ‘Jesus, Savior of Mankind.’ [Christian Symbolism: Brewer Dictionary, 480] See : Christ IHS Engineering, Englewood, Colo. Tel: (800) 854-7179, www.global.ihs.com Dennis Aulbrook, president of American Safety & Equipment in Oxford, Mich., says his company can toke toke verb Substance abuse To inhale a large air volume while smoking a substance of abuse–eg, marijuana, less commonly cocaine or crack cocaine, maintaining the lungs expanded with a slight Valsalva maneuver, to maximize the substance's absorption. Cf 'Snort.'. much of the hassle and cost out of retrofitting the mixture of machine brands typical in most shops. Aulbrook says ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. can retrofit all machines in one shutdown. Tel: (866) 522-2300, www.americansafetyequipment.com ASE and SPI's Machinery Div. are both planning educational seminars in the standards in May. SPI (1) (Stateful Packet Inspection) See stateful inspection. (2) (Service Provider Interface) The programming interface for developing Windows drivers under WOSA. : (202) 974-5230, www.plasticsindustry.org [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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