OSHA to Allow Presence-Sensing Devices – on Mechanical Power Presses

Fed-OSHA announced it will update its mechanical power press standard to allow employers to use presence-sensing device initiation (PSDI) and drop a requirement for third-party validation.The revision will incorporate the ANSI B.11.1-2001 standard "or something similar," Fed-OSHA said. The consensus standard permits PSDI without independent validation but has other measures to ensure safety. A presence-sen