Manufacturing and industrial workplaces can involve machinery, hazardous energy, chemicals, production equipment, material handling, maintenance operations, noise, welding, powered industrial trucks, confined spaces, and other occupational hazards. The safety programs needed for one facility may be very different from those required for another.
Our Manufacturing Safety Manuals and Industrial Safety Manuals can be customized around your company’s processes, equipment, materials, employee exposures, and workplace hazards. Select an industry below to learn more about safety manuals developed for specific manufacturing and industrial operations.
Manufacturing Safety Manuals
Manufacturing facilities may combine production machinery, material handling, maintenance, chemicals, electrical equipment, forklifts, conveyors, compressed gases, welding, and other potentially hazardous operations. A manufacturing safety manual can bring the applicable safety programs and procedures together in one organized manual based on the work actually performed at the facility.
Metalworking
& Fabrication
Metalworking operations can expose employees to machinery, cutting and grinding, welding fumes, hot work, metal dusts, noise, material handling, cranes, hazardous energy, and other production hazards.
Food & Beverage
Manufacturing
Food and beverage operations combine production equipment with sanitation chemicals, refrigeration systems, hot surfaces, cutting equipment, material handling, forklifts, slips and falls, and other occupational hazards.
Chemical & Materials
Manufacturing
Chemical and materials manufacturing may involve hazardous chemicals, process equipment, pressure systems, flammable materials, reactive substances, ventilation, emergency response, hazardous waste, and specialized employee exposures.
Wood, Paper &
Forest Products
Wood and forest-product operations may involve saws, cutting equipment, conveyors, mobile equipment, combustible dust, noise, material handling, heavy equipment, logging activities, and other significant workplace hazards.
Heavy Industrial &
Material Operations
Heavy industrial workplaces often involve large machinery, mobile equipment, cranes and rigging, conveyors, hazardous energy, high noise levels, dust, maintenance activities, and substantial material-handling operations.
Industrial Operations
& Facilities
Industrial facilities need safety programs that address not only production activities but also maintenance, utilities, warehouses, contractors, equipment servicing, material movement, and facility-wide hazards.
Oil, Gas & Marine
Industrial Operations
Oil, gas, and marine operations may involve hazardous materials, heavy equipment, lifting operations, confined spaces, hot work, energy isolation, pressure systems, fall hazards, and changing workplace conditions.
Common Manufacturing & Industrial Safety Programs
The programs included in a manufacturing or industrial safety manual depend on the facility and work being performed. Common programs may include:
- Accident Prevention
- Aerial Lift Safety
- Chemical Handling Safety
- Combustible Dust Safety
- Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety
- Confined Space Entry
- Conveyor Safety
- Crane Safety
- Electrical Safety
- Emergency Action Plan
- Fall Protection
- Fire Prevention
- Forklift / Powered Industrial Truck Safety
- Hand and Power Tool Safety
- Hazard Communication
- Hazardous Materials Management
- Hazardous Waste Management
- Hearing Conservation
- Industrial Hygiene
- Job Safety Analysis (JSA)
- Lockout/Tagout
- Machine Guarding
- Manual Lifting
- Material Handling
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Respiratory Protection
- Rigging and Material Handling
- Safety Audits and Inspections
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- Spill Prevention and Response
- Walking-Working Surfaces
- Welding, Cutting and Hot Work
Additional programs can be included for specialized processes, chemicals, machinery, equipment, and employee exposures.
Customized Manufacturing & Industrial Safety Manuals
Two manufacturing facilities producing similar products may still have very different safety requirements. Differences in machinery, production processes, chemicals, maintenance activities, material handling, facility layout, employee exposures, and customer requirements can affect which safety programs should be included.
A customized Manufacturing & Industrial Safety Manual can be assembled around the programs applicable to your operation rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all manual.