We asked ironer safety expert Pat Teague to identify hazards and best practices for incident prevention.
 
General Questions re: IRONER SAFETY
 
1. Adjusting ironer speeds and ensuring the correct speed for quality production.
 
The goal of adjusting and setting ironer speeds should be to achieve the highest quality of finishing, while operating at an efficient and high level of production. Many plants we visit have inoperable ironing speed monitors, thus they rely on “sight” or “feel” to adjust their speeds, which results in inconsistent quality and inefficient production. Ironing at too ...