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# Eric Olson

Eric Olson is the Sales Manager of Ohio for Advanced Controls & Distribution.

<https://blog.acdist.com/conducting-a-risk-assessment-what-you-need-to-know-to-get-started>

## [Conducting a Risk Assessment: What You Need to Know To Get Started](https://blog.acdist.com/conducting-a-risk-assessment-what-you-need-to-know-to-get-started)

Ever design a machine only to find out later that there wasn’t a risk assessment conducted? And, as...

<https://blog.acdist.com/building-machine-safety-control-systems-mttfd>

## [Building Machine Safety Control Systems with MTTFd](https://blog.acdist.com/building-machine-safety-control-systems-mttfd)

Picture this, you are driving down the road and you come upon a bridge. What do you do? Do you get...

<https://blog.acdist.com/industrial-safety-control-systems-performance-level-categories>

## [Industrial Safety Control Systems: Performance Level Categories](https://blog.acdist.com/industrial-safety-control-systems-performance-level-categories)

When I was a kid, I thought it would be cool to be an architect. I enjoyed freehand drawing and...

<https://blog.acdist.com/manufacturing-safety-performance-levels>

## [Manufacturing Safety: Performance Levels](https://blog.acdist.com/manufacturing-safety-performance-levels)

ISO 13849-1 **[is the most important standard](https://blog.acdist.com/machine-safety-today-protect-your-most-valuable-asset)**for regulating the basic principles and performance...

<https://blog.acdist.com/stop-safety-switches-halt-risks>

## [STOP! Safety Switches Halt Risks](https://blog.acdist.com/stop-safety-switches-halt-risks)

### STOP!

When you were a kid playing ball your parents probably had to yell this at least once when...

<https://blog.acdist.com/safety-laser-scanners-vs.-safety-mats-–-which-one-do-i-choose>

## [Safety Laser Scanners vs. Safety Mats – Which One Do I Choose?](https://blog.acdist.com/safety-laser-scanners-vs.-safety-mats-–-which-one-do-i-choose)

For many decades **[safety mats](http://acdist.com/products/product-categories/safety-light-curtains-mats/)** have been used as a standard form of area protection in the plant...

<https://blog.acdist.com/machine-safety-today-protect-your-most-valuable-asset>

## [Machine Safety Today: Protect Your Most Valuable Asset](https://blog.acdist.com/machine-safety-today-protect-your-most-valuable-asset)

## **Accidents happen!**

The indirect costs of accidents are greater than the direct costs. According to...

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