U.S. companies are responding to the lowest unemployment rate in almost 50 years by increasing their focus on automation in order to maintain healthy margins as labor costs tick higher, a Reuters analysis of corporate earnings transcripts shows. The attempt to save money through technology does not come down to just installing more robots in… Continue reading U.S. Companies Facing Worker Shortage Race to Automate
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OSHA Seeks Comments on Robotics’ Effect on Lockout/Tagout Rule
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is asking employers how robotics relate to the agency’s current lockout/tagout standard for industrial machinery. The OSHA lockout/tagout rule requires that all sources of energy for industrial machinery, including energy stored in the machines themselves, be controlled during service and maintenance using an energy-isolating device. The current rule prohibits… Continue reading OSHA Seeks Comments on Robotics’ Effect on Lockout/Tagout Rule