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Operations:

Keeping worker safety
top of mind
by Ryan Atkinson

mployees of commissaries and
other food production facilities
do not have easy jobs. Heavy
lifting, repetitive motions and working
around heavy automated machinery introduces countless potentially dangerous situations for employees.

E

Keeping those employees as safe as
possible is always paramount in operating such a facility.
"There's always a balance between
the ability to produce product on a
machine and doing it quickly and effi-

"Worker safety is always top on
the list. It has to be top on the
list."
John Bieri, ITW Food Equipment Group

ciently," says John Bieri, vice president
of sales, global retail, for ITW Food
Equipment Group, which counts Hobart, Baxter, Vulcan, Bonnet, Traulsen
and more as its brands. "But worker
safety is always top on the list. It has to
be top on the list."
According to the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA),
businesses spend $170 billion every
year on costs associated with occupa-

CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY AND AUTOMATION HAVE LED TO CHANGES IN WORKER PROTECTION STANDARDS AND HAVE IMPACTED DESIGN.
PHOTO: COLBORNE FOODBOTICS

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Food Safety: Cleaners and sanitizers
Tech: Production management software
Operations: Keeping worker safety top of mind
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