SAFETYBIZ, INC. Safety Engineering Services Jay W. Preston, CSP, PE, CMIOSH, President and CEO
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Jay W. Preston, CEO
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PRODUCTION MACHINERY SAFETY:
Training in machinery safety dating from jr. high woods shop, metals shop, print shop, and "powers" shop. machinery related hobbies such as model building and electronics. Adult school print shop. Substantial OTJ training in machinery hazards with insurance employers. I have operated such equipment as saws, presses, brakes, and I am familiar with most machines in manufacturing including CNC machines. Good familiarity with the codes and standards such as ANSI, OSHA, and ISO that apply to equipment. my library includes information relating to historical developments in machine guarding. My involvement in machinery accident prevention has included OSHA citation contests relating to saw guarding. Consulted on a number of machinery cases involving woodworking. These have involved both portable and non-portable saws and drills as well as shop tools such as jointers, planers, mortisers, tenoners, shapers, and lathes. Metalworking cases have involved drilling and boring machines power presses, shears, and pressbrakes. Taught L.A. Chapter National Safety Council "Power Press Safeguarding" class. Plastic working cases have involved injection molders. Rubber and composition material working cases have involved mills, calenders Banbury mixers, clickers, and dinkers. Printing work has involved sheet fed and web fed rotary and platen letter and offset presses and similar equipment as well as paper cutters of several types. Food processing machinery has involved work in accident prevention running from canneries and meat packers to bakeries and confectioners. This includes work with choppers, slicers, blenders and can lines. Work includes field machinery in agriculture. Consultation and cases involving harvesters, tractors, and fixed machines. Citrus ranching experience in Fresno County. Guest speaker at EXPOCORMA in Chile on safety in forestry and silviculture.Mine safety work in California, Zambia, and Guatemala.
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