Risk assessment is a requirement in any machine guarding standard updated within the past decade. If anyone can put a body part into a point of operation, you must determine the risk to which they are exposed.

The questions that a designer must consider are:

• What happens if a valve sticks?
• What happens if a spring breaks?
• What happens if you lose the supply pressure and the mass and gravitational forces are involved?
• What if a valve is shifted accidentally?

Please view our video featuring Pneumatic Risk Assessment Basics. Additionally, visit our safety page for more industry-specific information.

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