The Roadmap to Machinery Safety
Workshop Session,Tuesday, November 28th, 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Rooms: 214
Manufacturers will receive first priority for the Polytron workshops as they will benefit the most from the content.
Machinery Safety programs are driven by various factors: a safety incident resulting in injury; the creation of a Culture of Safety; or OSHA inspection. No matter what the driver, following a proven process to compliant machinery safety ensures best practice results.
Attendees will learn about the latest safety standards and approach to a Machinery Risk Assessment. Teams will participate in two knowledge exercises: 1) Apply safety standards, and 2) Conduct a mock risk assessment and the calculation of risk levels.
Each team will then present its exercise results to the group and attendees will discuss the outcomes.
Key takeaways:
- Review of most common Machine Safety drivers
- Overview of the latest Machine Safety Standards
- Learn how a Roadmap to Machinery Safety delivers best practice solutions
- Participate in a group exercise to apply safety standards and conduct a mock Machine Safety Risk Assessment
Presenters:
Sean Daswani, P.E., Functional Safety Engineer (TÜV Rheinland), Senior Electrical Engineer and Machine Safety Business Leader. He is a Professional Engineer with more than 14 years experience in the industry. As the Machine Safety Business Leader, Mr. Daswani manages a team of engineers that perform all parts of a machine safety life cycle including: Risk Assessments, Safety Design, Implementation, and Validation. He possesses a wide range of knowledge of control systems and has lead Polytron's programming standards team responsible for developing standards for the changing controls environments. He has served as a Project Leader and Project Manager on a variety of projects, and consulted on complex system designs and implementations. Mr. Daswani is an Electrical Engineering graduate from Georgia Tech and Certified Functional Safety Engineer from TÜV Rheinland. He is a published author and presenter of safety related topics.
Joshua Draa, PE, Senior Engineer, CMSE® - Certified Machinery Safety Expert (TÜV NORD). Josh has over seven years of engineering experience providing industrial automation systems integration and electrical engineering services within the food and beverage, consumer products, and paper industries. He is experienced in safety system design, and safety validation, system and control theory analysis, power distribution, and control panel design. As part of the Polytron Machinery Safety Solutions team, Josh conducts risk assessments, defines the plan, designs the solution, implements and validates the design of manufacturing safety projects for clients across multiple industries helping companies create a safe workplace for their employees. Josh holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and CMSE® - Certified Machinery Safety Expert (TÜV NORD), He is also a member of IEEE and ISA.