In response to incredible technological strides in manufacturing processes in the food industry, industrial safety standards are being updated to keep pace. However, plant managers who haven’t been keeping up with these developments might find what they did in years past is no longer adequate. That’s why instead of risking costly fines and employee injuries, many companies are implementing safer practices before regulatory bodies mandate them.
How stretch wrap safety is lagging behind
While regulatory changes have been adopted to keep up with the pace of some technological advances, one area of plant operation in which new regulations have not kept pace is with stretch wrap machines. As ubiquitous as they are at food processing and storage facilities, there still aren’t specific OSHA guidelines regarding proper guarding of stretch wrap machinery.