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ISO/TR 21260 will help", "url": "https://machinerysafety101.com/2019/05/23/forces-people-and-injuries-how-hard-is-too-hard/", "published_at": "2019-05-23T19:36:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-a4a2-7384-a9ca-fc81e4d1e3ed", "title": "Instructions for Use – the New ISO 20607", "url": "https://machinerysafety101.com/2019/05/22/instructions-for-use-the-new-iso-20607/", "published_at": "2019-05-22T16:16:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-a4a2-7384-a9ca-fc81e5a3ab31", "title": "More E-Stop Questions", "url": "https://machinerysafety101.com/2019/04/25/more-e-stop-questions/", "published_at": "2019-04-25T14:12:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-a4a2-7384-a9ca-fc81e66c5800", "title": "Can Emergency Stop be used as an “on/off” control?", "url": "https://machinerysafety101.com/2019/04/20/can-emergency-stop-be-used-as-an-on-off-control/", "published_at": "2019-04-20T13:56:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-a4a2-7384-a9ca-fc81e72dab73", "title": "Introduction to Functional Safety Seminars", "url": "https://machinerysafety101.com/2019/04/04/introduction-to-functional-safety-seminars/", "published_at": "2019-04-04T15:34:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-a4a2-7384-a9ca-fc81e77b7e59", "title": "1,000,000", "url": "https://machinerysafety101.com/2019/01/31/1000000_views/", "published_at": "2019-01-31T11:30:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-a4a2-7384-a9ca-fc81e83d03a7", "title": "Do-It-Yourself Safety Labels, Signs and Tags", "url": "https://machinerysafety101.com/2019/01/02/do-it-yourself-safety-labels-signs-and-tags/", "published_at": "2019-01-02T11:30:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-a4a2-7384-a9ca-fc81e90e2271", "title": "Emergency Stop Pull-Cords", "url": "https://machinerysafety101.com/2018/08/28/emergency-stop-pull-cords/", "published_at": "2018-08-28T11:30:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-a4a2-7384-a9ca-fc81e9d48722", "title": "5 Things You Need to Know About ANSI", "url": "https://machinerysafety101.com/2018/08/21/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-ansi/", "published_at": "2018-08-21T11:30:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-a4a2-7384-a9ca-fc81e9db052c", "title": "Are You Ready? 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2026

Checking Emergency Stop Systems: How to Test Them and How Often to Test Themoriginal ↗
27 May 2026
Wireless Emergency Stop Systems: Cutting the Cord Without Cutting Safetyoriginal ↗
25 May 2026
Category 2 vs Category 3 — practical design differencesoriginal ↗
18 May 2026
ISO 13850 Application: Ensuring Safety through Emergency Stop Systemsoriginal ↗
18 May 2026
Electromagnetic Disturbance: The Overlooked Functional Safety Hazardoriginal ↗
4 May 2026
April 28: Remember the Dead, Fight for the Livingoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2026
Unexpected Start-Up: The Most Underestimated Machine Hazardoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2026
Fault Masking in Interlocking Systems and Series-Wired E-Stops: Why “Hardwired” and “Safety PLC” Are Not Enoughoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2026
RED, the Cyber Resilience Act, and IEC 62443: How They Fit Together (and Why You Should Care)original ↗
9 Feb 2026
EU Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847) — What Machine Builders Need to Knoworiginal ↗
2 Feb 2026
Complementary Protective Measures: The Most Misunderstood Part of ISO 12100original ↗
13 Jan 2026

2025

Guard Locking and ISO 14119: Getting It Rightoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2025
Electrical Fatalities: What a Decade of Data Tells Us—and Why We Need a Prevention-First Mindsetoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2025
Ethical AI, Part 6 — Security and Cyber Threatsoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2025
Ethical AI, Part 5 — The Cost of Speed and Efficiencyoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2025
Ethical AI, Part 4 — Trust and Transparencyoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2025
Why Canadian Employers Choose CLS for Laser Safety Officer Trainingoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2025
Ethical AI, Part 3 — Biases and the Human Costoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2025
World Standards Dayoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2025
The New Radiation Emitting Devices Regulations Take Effect Todayoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2025
From 1979 to Today: Reflecting on Ontario’s OHSA and Worker Protectionsoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2025
Why Ottawa Needs to Reconsider Cuts to Standards Fundingoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2025
SCC’s Non-Answer on Mirror Committee Fundingoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2025
Standards, SMEs, and Canada’s Economic Futureoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2025
Canada’s Standards Voice is at Risk — Why We Need to Fund Mirror Committees Noworiginal ↗
26 Aug 2025
De leader à suiveur : le CCN démantèle l’influence du Canada dans les normes de sécuritéoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
From Leader to Laggard: SCC Is Dismantling Canada’s Influence in Safety Standardsoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2025
Challenges and Strategies in Diagnostic Deficiencies and Performance Level (PL) in Fluid Power Systems: A Functional Safety Approachoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2025
Ethical AI, Part 2 — Who is Accountable for Failures?original ↗
29 Jul 2025
ISO 13849-1:2023 – A Loophole in Safety Calculations?original ↗
22 May 2025
AI & Machinery Safety Seminaroriginal ↗
17 Apr 2025
EMC & Functional Safety — IEEE 1848™ Webinaroriginal ↗
4 Apr 2025
Ethical AI, Part 1 — Challenges & Opportunitiesoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2025
Human Expertise: Outperforming AI in Tackling Complex Problemsoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2025
Why AI Falls Short in Regulatory Consultingoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2025

2024

The EU GPSR comes into force tomorrow! So long, GPSD 👋original ↗
12 Dec 2024
🚨Fraudulent Interlocking Device Alert🚨original ↗
11 Dec 2024
How to identify machine hazards as the first step in risk analysisoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2024
The Benefits of Standards for Small and Medium Sized Enterprisesoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2024
The decline of standards in Canadaoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2024
Trapped Key Interlockingoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2024
Hand-held laser welding safetyoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2024
The Future of AI in Engineering Technologyoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2024
Understanding safety functions: Mutingoriginal ↗
6 May 2024
Canada’s National Day of Mourningoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2024
How do force-guided relays work exactly?original ↗
22 Apr 2024
Do I need an EU Authorized Representative?original ↗
15 Apr 2024
Machine Safety in Canadaoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2024
Force-guided relaysoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2024

2023

World Standards Dayoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2023
The new EU Machinery Safety Regulation is coming. Are you ready?original ↗
3 Jul 2023
Training and travel during a climate crisis and a pandemicoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2023
Understanding safety functions: Indicators and alarmsoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2023
❌ ISO 13849-1:2023 – Do Not Use ❌original ↗
1 May 2023

2022

Understanding safety functions: Fluctuations, loss and restoration of power sourcesoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2022
Understanding safety functions: Pressure or temperatureoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2022
Understanding safety functions: Safe speed and safe standstilloriginal ↗
19 Sept 2022
Understanding safety functions: Response timeoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2022
Understanding safety functions: Safety-related parametersoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2022
Understanding safety functions: Local controloriginal ↗
29 Jun 2022
The Industrial S-Wordoriginal ↗
10 May 2022
The Westray Mine Disasteroriginal ↗
9 May 2022
Canada’s National Day of Mourningoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2022
CSA Z432 Public Review Open!original ↗
9 Mar 2022
Emergency Off (EMO) vs Emergency Stoporiginal ↗
8 Feb 2022
What happened to the series?original ↗
31 Jan 2022

2021

Ontario OHSA turns 43original ↗
1 Oct 2021
Understanding Safety Functions: the start/restart functionoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2021
Understanding Safety Functions: the Safety-related stop functionoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2021
Manual reset using an HMIoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2021
Understanding safety functions: Manual Resetoriginal ↗
19 May 2021
What is risk assessment?original ↗
8 May 2021
What exactly is PELV?original ↗
14 Apr 2021

2020

Conveyor System Safetyoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2020
SPCE 2020original ↗
11 Nov 2020
ISO/DIS 13849-1 Available for Public Revieworiginal ↗
9 Jun 2020

2019

Brexit's impactoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2019
Using Form C relays in safety circuitsoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2019
EU Machinery Directive Public Revieworiginal ↗
17 Jul 2019
Force and injury — How hard is too hard? ISO/TR 21260 will helporiginal ↗
23 May 2019
Instructions for Use – the New ISO 20607original ↗
22 May 2019
More E-Stop Questionsoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2019
Can Emergency Stop be used as an “on/off” control?original ↗
20 Apr 2019
Introduction to Functional Safety Seminarsoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2019
1,000,000original ↗
31 Jan 2019
Do-It-Yourself Safety Labels, Signs and Tagsoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2019

2018

Emergency Stop Pull-Cordsoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2018
5 Things You Need to Know About ANSIoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2018
Are You Ready? WEEE Directive Full Implementation Starts 15-Aug-18original ↗
10 Jul 2018
Trapped Key Interlockingoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2018
How to Apply a Safety Edge to a Machine Guard – Part 3: Stopping Performanceoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2018
RA101 – Introduction to Risk Assessmentoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2018
How to Apply a Safety Edge to a Machine Guard – Part 2: Design Considerationsoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2018
How to Apply a Safety Edge to a Machine Guard – Part 1: Pressure-sensitive devicesoriginal ↗
30 May 2018
Q & A: Category 2 and Testing Intervalsoriginal ↗
16 May 2018
Five reasons you should attend our Free Safety Talksoriginal ↗
15 May 2018
Q & A: Can Safety PLCs be used for Lockout?original ↗
15 May 2018
Free Safety Talks – May 2018original ↗
4 Apr 2018
Brexit is such a wasteoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2018
CE, Brexit, and Authorised Representativesoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2018
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