What is your opinion?

John Martin, director of manufacturing, is not happy with his colleague, Pete Change, who is director of safety and health at Robbins Engineering Corporation. Change has ordered two machines in the Manufacturing Department tagged out until point-of-operation guards are replaced. The machining supervisor, in an attempt to increase output, had his machinists remove the guards. As a result, there have been several minor injuries and a couple of more serious near misses. The issue is short-term productivity versus the safety and health of employees. What is your opinion on this issue?

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Point of operation is a region on the machine where work is done on the material t... View the full answer