Articles by : Carl Bohman, PE

• Pandemic Necessitates Virtual Risk Assessment

  Matrix Technologies provides machine safety risk assessment and training from a safe distance Risk assessments are key to identifying safety hazards revolving around equipment, operations and the production environment. During times of physical separation, such as those required during the COVID-19 outbreak, risk a …Read More
  Mackenzie Coughlan, MBA and Carl Bohman, PE / COVID-19  / Essential Workers  / Industrial Automation Engineering  / Machine safety  / Manufacturing Engineering Consultants  / Manufacturing Operations Management  / Manufacturing Process Control  / Risk Assessment  / Safety  / Improvement  / Safety 

• Key Concepts of Machine Safety Verification and Validation

  Safety First  At Matrix Technologies, safety is one of our core values. In fact, we have a program called “Believe in Zero,” which means we strive every day to not have a reportable OSHA incident. We provide all necessary protections for our employees, and we put their safety first. Our concern about safety extend …Read More
  Carl Bohman, PE / Estop  / General Duty Clause  / Machine safety  / OSHA  / Risk Assessment  / Safety  / System Fault  / Validation  / Verification  / Safety  / SISTEMA 

• Understanding and Preventing Fault Masking

  Understanding and Preventing Fault Masking It’s critical that industrial machinery stops safely when a system fault occurs.  However, older safety systems and complex systems with multiple safety switches may be prone to fault masking. Fault masking is a dangerous condition in safety circuits.  It results from dais …Read More
  Carl Bohman, PE / Daisy Chain  / Fault Masking  / Industrial Automation Engineering  / OSSD  / Safety Limit Switch  / Safety Relay  / Safety Switch  / System Fault  / Safety  / Improvement  / Upgrades 

• How to Use a Scoring System When Performing a Risk Assessment

  How to Use a Scoring System When Performing a Risk Assessment In industrial facilities, safety risks may exist that can result in equipment damage and injuries. That’s why a careful risk assessment of machines and related equipment is necessary to ensure operational safety, and to identify ways to mitigate or elimina …Read More
  Carl Bohman, PE / ANSI B11  / Industrial Safety  / ISO 13849  / Risk Assessment  / Risk Mitigation  / Scoring System  / Task-Based Pair  / Safety