Over the last few years, the printing industry has experienced a growing number of OSHA violations, and apparel decorators are no exception. Among the top violations printers are getting cited for are lockout/tagout regulations and machine guarding hazards.

Gary Jones, PRINTING United Alliance’s vice president of environmental, health, and safety affairs, dedicated the focus of this presentation, given at PRINTING United Expo 2024 at the Apparelist Live! Theatre, to how apparel decorators can employ the right safety measures in their shops. Not only will it improve the health and safety of their employees, but it will also help decorators be prepared for when and if OSHA shows up in their shop.

Key points covered in the presentation:

• Inspection activity in apparel decoration operations
• Rising penalties
• How to manage an OSHA inspection
• Top 10 OSHA violations

Additional Learning Opportunities

Take the iLearning+ Course: Machine Guarding. You will learn:

• How to correctly predict common causes of machine accidents when presented with common industry scenarios
• How to identify specific types of machine guards to prevent injury
• General Equipment Safety Rules that should be followed in a print production environment
• How to recognize Operations Safety Rules correctly upon presentation