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From Paperwork to the Cloud: A Trend Toward the Digitisation of Risk Assessments

From Paperwork to the Cloud: A Trend Toward the Digitisation of Risk Assessments

Across the manufacturing industry businesses are turning to digitisation as a solution for day to day operational challenges, and Machine Safety Risk Assessments (MSRA) are no exception. In this space more and more worksites are choosing to switch from [...]

Jodie Woods2023-01-13T11:09:25+13:00December 14, 2022|Health and Safety, Product Features|

How regularly should machine risk assessments take place, and why?

How regularly should machine risk assessments take place, and why?

What is a machine risk assessment? A risk assessment is a systematic evaluation of all the hazards associated with the machine and the risks that those hazards may generate. You would then establish, if the risk is a [...]

dan2022-08-24T11:53:53+12:00February 11, 2022|Machine Risk, Health and Safety|

Keeping workers safe when cleaning and maintaining machinery

Keeping workers safe when cleaning and maintaining machinery

Why is it important to keep workers safe when cleaning and maintaining machinery? It is not enough to just turn off the machine. Many machines have safeguards — such as fixed guards — in place to protect employees [...]

dan2022-08-24T11:55:01+12:00December 16, 2021|Health and Safety, Machine Risk, Risk Assessment|

How Health And Safety Risk Assessments Are Monitored And Reviewed

How Health And Safety Risk Assessments Are Monitored And Reviewed

What is a risk assessment? Are there different kinds of risk assessments? A risk assessment is a systematic, planning exercise, designed to effectively identify the hazards, realise the likelihood of harm, and determine what additional controls or activities [...]

dan2022-10-18T16:00:45+13:00November 24, 2021|Health and Safety, Risk Assessment|

Case Study – Alliance Group Limited

Case Study – Alliance Group Limited

MinRisk's parent company — TEG Risk — was engaged by AGL to carry out machine safety risk assessment across their entire processing network. As one of the largest meat processors supplying export markets, this required the evaluation of 7 [...]

dan2023-03-16T08:38:54+13:00November 22, 2021|Health and Safety, Machine Risk, Risk Assessment|

Common workplace machinery hazards

Common workplace machinery hazards

Nearly every manufacturing company in every industry uses some form of machinery. These can range from large industrial turbines to a coffee grinder. But no matter how large or small, machinery has one common feature: risks which can lead [...]

dan2022-08-24T11:45:17+12:00August 27, 2021|Health and Safety, Machine Risk|

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