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The book recommended by the American agency OSHA is entitled "General methodology to assess the safety of machines" and is a work by Santos Lozano Palomeque
This book, published in 2002 by the editorial of the Technical Industrial Foundation, is a publication in two volumes where the methods of practical application of European regulations in the field of machine safety are developed and in particular that which affects to the CE Marking. The author, an industrial technical engineer in Badajoz who works as a manager of his own consultancy, analyzes the European regulations regarding the lack in our country of sufficiently detailed reference technical guides. The analysis carried out by Santos Lozano has been used as a reference manual for many Spanish institutions and universities until it is recommended by the "Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)." This Federal Security Agency of the United States includes it Within its recommended book catalog, the reason may be not only in the importance of its analysis but also because a considerable part of American industrialists, who have an important part of their business in export, would be very interested in Knowing the European regulations much more restrictive than the American.
In a synthesized way, Santos Lozano's work articulates around the design of a general methodology that integrates industrial safety and the prevention of occupational hazards in the use of work equipment with a practical method specifically designed for its application to engineering. It also analyzes the practical application of the CE Marking by the competent technicians as well as that of other European directives related to the industrial sector as well as its imposition when other teams integrate into complex machines: pressure equipment, simple pressure vessels, material electrical, electronic equipment, elevators, etc.
This important work also gives answers to critical safety issues, such as the manufacture of complex machines, process analysis or coupling auxiliary equipment, among others. In addition, the methodology develops methods to evaluate compliance with the applicable provisions, taking into account all the possibilities of the machines are new, used or modified. It also proposes action plans for autonomous communities following the models implemented in Holland and Germany.
One of the most important parts of this book are the practical examples of application of the CE Marking and the adaptation of work teams. This methodology includes many practical examples that range from specific situations that help us to understand the CE Marking with specific criteria that help us to adapt the machines to the requirements of the regulations.
For the creation of this work, this industrial technical engineer analyzed in detail all the applicable European legislation, the resolutions of the European Commission and a total of 170 international literature publications including many institutions, among others the so-called OSHA agency Now he recommends him as a basic reference.
OSHA has as its main mission that "jobs in the United States are safe and healthy" as it stands out in its own web environment. This agency was created in 1971 and since then the fatal accidents have been reduced by 50%. During this period, work in the US was doubled from 56 million workers in 3.5 million jobs to 111 million workers in 7 million jobs. Its web environment is www.osha.gov and offers all its information in the English and Spanish languages.
