Shop Floor Safety — A Cause for Concern

“The sad truth is: Every one of the equipment-related fatalities could have been prevented,” he says.

The news isn’t all bad. Many printers have undertaken initiatives that have enabled them to drastically reduce their recordable incidents. Fort Dearborn Co. (FDC) of Elk Grove Village, IL, which manufactures labels, has made great strides since it landed on OSHA’s “most wanted” list of companies whose injury rates were higher than the industry average.