Precision News September/October 2014

THIS ISSUE: Open Your Doors / Workers Keep Working / 125 Plan Compliance / Machine Safeguards

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The NTMA SW Regional Magazine Featuring Arizona, San Diego and North Texas

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The Future of Manufacturing

Companies save money with Health Reimbursement Arrangements

by Jim Iacometti, CPA (inactive)

Are you tired of paying higher health premiums for less coverage?

This is the tenth straight year of double-digit increases in health care costs. As a former audit partner in a large local CPA firm, I have seen the profits of many companies erode because of these large increases. Fortunately, for employers and employees alike, there are alternatives other than absorbing these increases or simply reducing benefits. Consumer Directed Health Care has become a popular alternative to these rising costs that have plagued us for several years.

Though Fortune 1000 companies have been using Consumer Directed Health Care for years, it gained national prominence during the 2000 Presidential campaign. Here, in the national spotlight, candidates debated the philosophies of letting the government control your healthcare (national healthcare) and letting the individual make their own choices regarding their health care. People already purchase TV’s, computers, and food based on quality, and price. Why should healthcare be any different? Employees should be free to choose their doctor or pharmacy. When employees shop for health care, consumerism creates competition, and competition in turn creates better products at a lower cost. As an example, one employee needed a lab test that was going to cost $1,000. Under their old traditional plan, the employee would not have shopped around because it wasn’t his money at stake. Then the company switched to a HRA plan and it was the employee’s money. By making a few calls, a lab was found to do the same test for $400, leaving more money in their HRA. Two leading Consumer Directed Health Plans are Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA’s) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA’s). HRA’s were created by the IRS in 2002 and are employer sponsored and funded health care plans where employees have money in an account to be used for qualified medical expenses. The employer has a lot of flexibility with these types of plans. An HSA is an account where individuals save money on a pre-tax basis in an account to be used for qualified medical expenses. Both of these work in coordination with your insurance plan.

It is in the employee’s best interest to monitor how they spend their HRA money because, if they spend it all, they will have to start to pay with their own money. Unlike managed health care, this type of plan design allows individuals to be responsible for how their money is spent; i.e., consumerism.

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Features

Departments

LOOKING INTO THE ‘SHARKTANK’

03 President’s Letter 04 Policy Matters

What’s amazing about this show is the Sharks’ ability to quickly diagnose and understand the core enterprise value of an organization.

A MESSAGE ON MANUFACTURING DAY:

MANUFACTURING 16 MATTERS

21 NTMA Initiatives 22 Websites that Work 22 Arizona Chapter Info 28 San Diego Chapter Info 29 NTMA Membership 30 North Texas Chapter Info

U.S. manufacturers are the most productive in the world. Higher production means higher wages for workers and higher living standards for all of us.

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OUR MISSION:

“WE JOIN TOGETHER AS MEMBERS OF THE SW REGION PRECISION CUSTOM MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY TO ACHIEVE BUSINESS SUCCESS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY THROUGH ADVOCACY, ADVICE, NETWORKING, INFORMATION, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.”

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Precision News is published bi-monthly by the Arizona Tooling & Machining Association (ATMA). Opinions expressed are those of the authors or persons quoted and not necessarily those of the ATMA. While efforts to ensure accuracy are exercised, ATMA assumes no liability for the information contained in either editorial or advertising content. ATMA assumes no responsibility or liability for unsolicited manuscripts or artwork.

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First Word PRESIDENT’S LETTER

Happy August, P.N. Readers!

I hope you have survived the summer unscathed and that you’re looking forward to the fall and for some of us cooler weather! . . .. ..

If I haven’t said it before participation in our association is a primary benefit in our industry.

Few of us are islands unto ourselves. Working with and sharing knowledge and experience with our peers is very beneficial to each of our businesses.

In reflection on the recent Southwest Regional Conference, it was a great event!

A short weekend jaunt to Dallas and a full agenda of speakers, roundtables and breakout sessions. And if that wasn’t enough ALL the ICE CREAM you could eat thanks to one of the sponsoring partners!

We had participating members from 6 states in the southwest! Sharing regional business conditions, discussing best practices or just talking shop made the networking terrific.

Add to this the information shared in our general sessions on economic and political trends plus the breakout sessions on emerging technology and using technology among other relevant topics was well worth the weekend time invested. Plus the side bar conversations in quiet times or during a meal certainly helped to build relationships within our association.

So I encourage you to maintain those connections with your peers and look forward to the next national event or regional event for another opportunity to engage in YOUR association.

DAVID LAIR Vice President, Dynamic Machine & Fabrication Corp. and President, ATMA

Speaking of talking shop, I want to share another wonderful observation. When traveling either around your own state or perhaps in to other regions try and make time to visit one or more member’s businesses. What a treat this is! Todd Ellard, President of the North Texas Chapter, was very gracious while I was in Dallas. I was privileged to tour his family business, Manda Machine. The sharing of experience and talking about history, challenges, and future plans is what we all do. And walking in the paths where your peer does every day gives you a new perspective and food for thought about what you’re doing in your own shops. The mutual encouragement and comradery of industry friends is the fabric of manufacturing. Thank you Todd.

Enjoy this issue of Precision News. Share with us your comments about content or opportunities for improvement. We want to hear from you!

I wish continued success to each of you.

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Policy Matters BECOME A VOICE FOR CHANGE

Congress Flees While Regulators, Manufacturers Keep Working

by OMAR S. NASHASHIBI

In August, members of Congress took a 5-week break from Washington, D.C. to campaign, meet with constituents, travel, and take vacations ahead of the November 4 mid-term election. The history of Congress taking time off dates to 1791, but it was not until 1970 that lawmakers made it official by passing a law mandating they take time away from Washington every August. To some, that may sound like Senators and Representatives gave themselves a thirty-day vacation, in addition to the standard ten annual Federal Government holidays. Meanwhile, manufacturers kept working around the clock. Unfortunately, so did federal regulators who, in just the first seven days of August, published 94 final rules, proposed another 51 regulations, and issued 469 notices.

I recently had the chance to attend the 2nd Annual National Tooling and Machining Association Southwest Regional Conference in Dallas. While I was there, I heard first hand from manufacturers about the latest technologies they are developing and their efforts to recruit and train the next generation of manufacturers. I also heard

about OSHA inspectors repeatedly visiting plants despite no offenses in previous walkthroughs. These business leaders also raised concern about the EPA’s latest effort to target small businesses. In July, the EPA withdrew a direct rule allowing it to garnish wages of those it says are delinquent on debts to the Agency. The EPA is still moving forward with it as a proposal but this time allowing the public to provide input.

Oneof the reasons I jumped at the opportunity to speak at the NTMA SW Regional Conference was that it allowed me to meet with a number of manufacturers from Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah. Most politicians in Washington, D.C. picture the Rust Belt states when they think of manufacturing in America. What they do not realize, is attendees of the SW Conference come from states with a total of 2,632,600 manufacturing employees, representing 22% of the industry’s workers in the U.S. When I speak around the country, it is not often I can deliver good news from Washington, but manufacturers secured a significant victory on July 22, 2014 when

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President Obama signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

NTMA's Washington, D.C. lobbying and public relations team has been working to help update the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), which Congress allowed to expire in 2003. The new law updates WIA by eliminating 15 outdated and ineffective job training programs, prioritizes the use of industry skills standards such as those developed by NTMA-U and NIMS, and encourages the use of sector partnerships to increase regional cooperation.

What I heard in Dallas is the same thing I hear from NTMA members around the country – manufacturers need a well-trained and reliable supply of employees. The situation had become incredibly challenging; some One Voice members reported turning away business because they did not have enough employees to complete the work. In its annual advocacy survey, 74% of NTMA members said they had at least one skilled position open in their manufacturing plants.

The new WIOA law will go a long way towards addressing the issues faced by employers. continued on page 06

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Congress Flees While Regulators, Manufacturers Keep Working continued from page 04

On a less positive note, regulators at the EPA, OSHA, and NLRB continued to issue new rules targeting manufacturers of all sizes. On July 22, 2014, the NLRB upheld a regional decision to allow employees within a division of a business to form their own union. The creation of micro-unions means employees could create a bargaining unit consisting solely CNC operators, shipping, or janitorial staff.

The EPA continues to march forward with its proposed regulation of emissions from existing power facilities, which follows a September 2013 proposal placing additional requirements on new power plants, with a specific focus on the coal industry. While Congress is out of Washington, the EPA also hit the road in

August, holding a series of public hearings to draw attention to its pending regulations.

When Congress returns to Washington in the second week of September, it will face a slew of unfinished business. The House and Senate have to reach a compromise on continuing funding for the federal government to avoid another shutdown on October 1st. Congress has thus far been unable to reach an agreement to keep the Export-Import Bank running past September 30. The Ex-Im, as it is known, provides loans to U.S. businesses trying to sell their products overseas, and has historically had bipartisan support.

wonder what would happen to the global economy if U.S. manufacturers took a fiveweek vacation every summer. If they had their way, manufacturers would rather have regulators take August off, giving U.S. businesses a breather from a few hundred new rule and guidelines.

OMAR NASHASHIBI is a founding partner at The Franklin Partnership, LLP, a bi-partisan government relations firm retained by the National Tooling and Machining Association in Washington, D.C. Learn more at: www.franklinpartnership.com

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Plan Document Requirements To remain in compliance with IRS regulations, the plan must be in writing and must operate in accordance with its written plan terms. You should have an up-to-date copy of the plan document. The document should be reviewed periodically by the employer and any plan changes properly included. In particular, you should verify the following items are correct in the plan document:

FSA Requirements A 125 Plan that offers one or more FSAs must follow the rules established for those accounts. This includes the “uniform coverage” rule which states that a participant’s full Health FSA annual election must be made available to him or her throughout the plan year regardless of the amount of contributions made to the account and the “use-or-lose” rule, which requires unused elected amounts be forfeited at the end of the plan year.

• Plan year, • Insurance benefits, carriers, and descriptions, • Eligibility of the insurance benefits offered under the plan, • Eligibility requirements for participation in the plan, • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) minimum and maximum contributions (if offered), • Nonelective (employer) contributions and elective (employee) contributions.

You may choose to offer the carryover provision or a grace period for your Health FSA. The carryover provision allows employees to carry over up to $500 of unused contributions into the next plan year. A grace period allows employees a period of time after the plan year ends to continue incurring expenses to be reimbursed from the remaining balance of the previous year's Health FSA contributions. The carryover provision and the grace period help employees combat the “use-or-lose” rule associated with the account.

Plan Design Requirements A Section 125 Plan must offer a choice between at least one taxable benefit (such as salary) and one qualified benefit (such as major medical coverage). A plan that does not offer this choice is not a Section 125 Plan and may be disqualified by the IRS in the event of an audit.

The plan must only offer eligible benefits as defined by IRS regulations. These include major medical plans (insured plans, HMOs, PPOs, high deductible health plans, and selfinsured plans), dental plans, vision plans, cancer coverage, disability coverage (long and short-term), and certain term life insurance.

It could also include Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) such as a Dependent Day Care Flexible Spending Account (Dependent Day Care FSA), Health FSA (also known as an Unreimbursed Medical Account), as well as Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).

Offering benefits, other than eligible benefits, is not allowable.

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The FSA must also require that claims meet specific eligibility requirements and must be properly substantiated. The FSA cannot allow for claims to be reimbursed that were incurred prior to the FSA’s period of coverage.

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I despise most reality T.V. shows. You know the shows I’m talking about - they highlight the ex-olympic athlete’s dysfunctional Hollywood family, they show a group of castaways looking to vote off members on a remote island, or they follow the daily lives of the real (or not so real) housewives of who knows where. If this is a today’s true depiction of reality, then I want to go back to the days of watching Andy Griffith and Happy Days.

There is one reality show that does intrigue me. The show is called SharkTank. If you haven’t seen SharkTank, it’s the show where entrepreneurs go in front of a 5 person panel (the Sharks) to pitch their product and try to raise capital. These sharks are successful entrepreneurs in their own right who are looking to invest in the next big thing.

While there is some grandstanding and shock value that goes along with this show (they still need to get ratings), what amazes me about this show is the Sharks’ ability to quickly diagnose and understand the core enterprise value of an organization. It only takes about four or five probing questions to understand the opportunities, competitive threats and succession plan of the business. They put the entrepreneur on the hot seat to see if they can quickly articulate their value proposition. They don’t accept answers like ‘I feel’ or ‘I think’, and they don’t allow an entrepreneur to rationalize or downplay a business risk. They want tangible, concrete evidence that supports the business plan. At times, the questions and comments may seem harsh.

However, given that they are being asked to contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars on a 10 minute pitch, their tenacity at getting to the core of the business plan is understandable. continued on page 14

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As an entrepreneur, you are the one who has taken the financial risk and bet on yourself.

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If you’ve watched this “interrogation”, the questions revolve around a series of common topics: What’s your revenue? What’s your profitability? Who are your customers? What is the market potential? What is your manufacturing and distribution process?

Who’s running the business? How did you come up with your valuation? What will you use the money for?

These questions are focused on the fundamentals of building enterprise value. We have a model for this we call the Value Triangle. The Value Triangle isolates the four primary “engines” that drive enterprise value and sustainability in any business.

Each of the questions typically asked by the Sharks can be mapped to one of the primary engines of the Value Triangle.

What’s your profitability = Financial Engine; What’s your market potential = Growth Engine; What’s your manufacturing process = Execution Engine; etc….

If you have watched the show with any frequency, you will notice a common characteristic of the entrepreneurs who end up getting the capital from the Sharks - they are rock solid on the fundamentals of success in their business, know the risks and how they will mitigate them, and provide crisp answers to the Sharks’ questions.

This correlation shouldn’t be surprising. Companies who employ a balanced approach to building all four engines of their Value Triangle are the ones deemed to be the most sustainable and command the most value. Companies who rationalize why a customer concentration, execution issue or sustained financial underperformance is acceptable, often become Shark bait.

As business owners, you likely won’t appear on SharkTank.

Ironically, you meet the Sharks everyday (just without the TV cameras and make-up). They are the large customers debating whether or not you have the operations to support their business.

They are the lenders deciding whether or not you are a good bet in a down economy. They are the suppliers deciding whether providing special terms to your business is a good move.

Eventually, you may be in front of the ultimate group of Sharks – those looking to buy your business.

As an entrepreneur, you are the one who has taken the financial risk and bet on yourself. Being able to realize the full value of your life’s work may mean setting aside that pride and taking a critical look at your business. The ability to articulate your value proposition is important regardless of the audience.

When you look at your company, do you have a balance between the four engines that drive value? Do you know in concrete terms how you are addressing the risks inherent in any privatelyheld business? If you want to maximize the value of your company, take a lesson from reality T.V. and be prepared to answer those questions as if you were going to enter the SharkTank.

BRENT TERHAAR is a Principal in the Manufacturing and Distribution group of CliftonLarsonAllen. Brent can be reached at 888.529.2648 or brent.terhaar@CLAconnect.com. To learn more about CliftonLarsonAllen, visit www.CLAconnect.com.

CliftonLarsonAllen is one of the nation’s top 10 certified public accounting and consulting firms. Structured to provide clients with highly specialized industry insight, the firm delivers assurance, tax and advisory capabilities. CliftonLarsonAllen offers unprecedented emphasis on serving privately held businesses and their owners, as well as nonprofits and governmental entities. The firm has a staff of more than 3,600 professionals, operating from more than 90 offices across the country. For more information about CliftonLarsonAllen, visit their website at: www.CLAconnect.com

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A Message on Manufacturing Day:

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U.S. manufacturers are the most productive in the world.

Higher production means higher wages for workers and higher living standards for all of us.

IN ARIZONA, MANUFACTURERS EMPLOY 6 PERCENT OF THE WORKFORCE and earn nearly 77 percent more than other nonfarm employers in the state. Which is why Governor Brewer declared October as “Arizona Manufacturing Month” to join with manufacturers natation-wide to celebrate Manufacturing Day. Modern manufacturing is innovative, high-tech and cutting edge. Clean suits are as common as hard hats.

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Today’s manufacturing is not your father’s manufacturing.

That’s why manufacturers across the country are opening their facilities to their communities today. To show Americans what manufacturing really is, and isn’t. To allow students to explore new opportunities, and show parents and teachers the rewarding careers available. continued on page 18

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Manufacturers in the United States need smart, new minds. More than 80 percent of our nations manufacturers can’t find skilled workers they need, and the impact to our economy is staggering. To add to the growing skills gap, the current manufacturing workforce is nearing retirement, and no one is there to fill the void they will leave.

At The Manufacturing Institute, we are working to help manufacturers attract quality talent and develop the workforce pipeline. We are partnering with colleges, like Maricopa County Community College, to ensure students receive industry-based certifications and a direct path to a manufacturing career. The Manufacturing Institute is joining with local officials and governments to ensure success. When we all work

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Manufacturers won’t settle for average, and we won’t let our country.

It’s time to make our future happen. Here in Pennsylvania, we can be part of the solution; we can lead the way. That is why we are glad to be supporting Manufacturing Day. To learn more about Manufacturing Day and other initiatives in you area, visit www.MFGDAY.com

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REVENUE GROWTH • We organize regular business-to-business purchasing fairs, designed to operate like speed dating for suppliers. We invite 100 or more buyers from large companies and then give you opportunities to briefly pitch your products and services. As a result attendees leave with good contacts and solid leads, leading to increased business. Companies have been awarded millions of dollars in contracts as a direct result of these events.

• We offer a program called Members First, designed to help members turn to each other to meet needs. Perhaps your next customer is an NTMA peer? Or perhaps an NTMA member would make an excellent vendor for you? Members First helps make the connections.

• By interacting with fellow members in your local chapter, you may discover new business opportunities, or ways to work together with peers to increase business or market yourselves cooperatively.

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MEMBER LISTINGS

SAN DIEGO CHAPTER 2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

REGULAR MEMBERS Sean Tillett

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Darryl Chudomelka

Asigma Corp.

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Peter Neville

B&H Tool Company Inc.

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BMW Precision

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Computer Integrated Mach., Inc.

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Diversified Tool & Die

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Duffy Machine

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Roettele Industries

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NORTH TEXAS CHAPTER 2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President TODD ELLARD Manda Machine Company Vice President JEFF SPENCER Clay Precision Treasurer BARRON SMITH R.W. Smith Company Chapter Executive LISA ELLARD Trustee JOE O’DELL Plano Machine & Instrument, Inc.

BOARD MEMBERS Mike Berdan BE Technologies Frank Burch Southern Machine Works Bill Walter Ellison Technologies Micah Embrey CNC Precision/Shamrock-Bolt Don Halsey Halsey Manufacturing Ray Jones MWI, Inc. Pat McCurley Midlothian Insurance Karla Chandler Education Liason

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MEMBER LISTINGS REGULAR MEMBERS

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Vincente Chan

Aeroweld Technologies, Inc.

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Larry Ellison

AJR Metalworks, Inc.

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Mark Hestly

Air & Earth Instrument Company

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Bodic Industries

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Applegate EDM, Inc.

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AST Waterjet

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Castle Metals

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DNS Tool Cutter Grinding, LLC

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MSC Industrial Supply

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Ellis Tool & Machine, Inc.

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E.W. Johnson Company

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North Texas Precision Instrument

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Expert Tool & Machine, Inc.

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Reed Hunt Services, Inc.

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F& R Machine & Repair, Inc.

214.631.4946

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SB Specialty metals

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Fore Machine Company, Inc.

817.834.6251

Bob Severance

Severance Brothers

972.660.7000

Mike Lee

Fort Worth Centerless Grinding, Inc.

817.293.6787

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Top Tooling of Dallas, Inc.

972.278.8300

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Goodwin Machineworks

972.242.485

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Wise Machinery, LLC

817.905.9473

Larry Borowski

Greenslade and Company, Inc.

817.870.8888

Oscar Guzman

Guzman Manufacturing

972.475.3003

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H. H. Mercer, Inc.

972.289.1911

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Halsey Engineering & Mfg., Inc.

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Kenney Industries

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Knox Machine Company

817.551.1600

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LSC Precision, Inc.

940.482.9700

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Maddox Metal Works, Inc.

214.333.2311

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Manda Machine Company, Inc.

214.352.5946

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• Machining Excellence903.439.6414 since 1997 Manek Equipment, Inc.

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Woodrow W. Thompson Allen Meyer N Michelle Laudon Eddie Mills Eddie Steiner, Jr.

• Experienced senior machinists 214.330.7757 • Experts in stainless, aluminum, Meyer Enterprises plastics and exotics 972.353.9791 8A Certified,Inc. Viet Nam Vet, Micron Applied•Technologies, 972.978.8093 Minority Owned Small Business Mills Machine Shop 940.479.2194 • Eager to provide you with quality O E M Industries,performance Inc. 214.330.7271 and quick responses Metal Detail, Inc.

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Plano Machine & Instrument, Inc.

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Quickturn Technology, Inc.

469.643.5010

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Red Rock Industries

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SculptCAD

214.324.0030

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Shamrock Precision

972.241.3931

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Southern Machine Works

580.255.6525

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Sunbelt Plastics Inc.

972.335.4100

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T & K Machine, Inc.

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Tower Extrusions Fabrication

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Traxis Manufacturing

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Winberg & Company

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Shop Floor NEWS FROM THE FRONT LINES

Machine Safeguards

by JAMIE BEAUVAIS, Arizona Safety & Emergency Consultants LLC

OSHA Standard General Machine Safeguards 29 CFR 1910.212 One or more methods of machine guarding must be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, and flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, and electronic safety devices. Guards shall be attached to the machine where possible and secured, elsewhere if for any reason attachment to the machine is not possible. The guard must not act as an accident hazard in itself.

The employer is responsible for safeguarding machines and should consider this need when purchasing machinery. Almost all-new machinery is available with safeguards installed by the manufacturer, but used equipment may not be. If machinery has no safeguards, you may be able to purchase safeguards from the original machine manufacturer or from an afterfyi: market manufacturer. You can also build and You can help prevent install the safeguards in-house. workplace injuries by looking at your workplace operations and identifying the hazards associated with the use and care of the machine.

Point of Operation "Point of operation" is the area on a machine where work is actually performed on the material being processed. The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury must be guarded. The guarding device must be designed and constructed to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle. Special hand tools for placing and removing material must permit easy handling of material without the operator placing a hand in the danger zone.

Such tools must not take the place of fixed guards and can be used only to supplement the protection provided.

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The Performance Criteria for Safeguarding [ANSI B11.192003] national consensus standard provides valuable guidance as the standard addresses the design, construction, installation, operation and maintenance of the safeguarding used to protect employees from machine hazards. The following safeguarding method descriptions are, in part, structured like and, in many ways are similar to this national consensus standard.

Hazard Assessment You can help prevent workplace injuries by looking at your workplace operations and identifying the hazards associated with the use and care of the machine. A hazard assessment is a technique that focuses on the relationship between the employee, the task, the tools, and the situation. When evaluating work activities for potential injuries hazards, you need to consider the entire machine operation production process, the machine modes of operation, individual activities associated with the operation, servicing, and maintenance of the machine, and the potential for injury to employees.

The results from the hazard assessment may then be used as a basis to design machine safeguarding and an overall energy control (lockout/tagout) program.

• This is likely to result in fewer employees injuries; safer and more effective work methods; • Reduced workers’ compensation costs; • Increased employee productivity and morale.

Work Cited: Edwin G. Foulke, Jr. “Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.” 2007. http://www.oshaeducationcenter.com