NAICS 31–33 · Manufacturing

Built for the people who keep the line moving. Safely.

From metal fabrication to food processing, manufacturing carries one of the heaviest enforcement loads in the federal record. Cairn keeps your team current on machine guarding, lockout/tagout, hazcom, and the ergonomic standards that drive most of the lost-time injuries.

Most-cited in Manufacturing (NAICS 31–33)

The standards your inspector will open first.

StandardTitleEnforcement frequency
29 CFR 1910.147Lockout/Tagout Most cited
29 CFR 1910.212Machine guarding (general) Heavily cited
29 CFR 1910.1200Hazard Communication Heavily cited
29 CFR 1910.178Powered industrial trucks Frequently cited
29 CFR 1910.305Wiring methods Frequently cited
What we hear from Manufacturing teams

The compliance questions that won't go away.

Cairn is built around the compliance questions that keep safety directors up at night.

  • Machine guarding & energy control across multi-line facilities
  • Hazard communication for new chemicals and reformulations
  • Ergonomic exposures on repetitive assembly stations
  • PIT/forklift program documentation and refresher cadence
  • PSM coverage decisions for facilities crossing the threshold
A question Cairn answers in seconds
"We have a robotic cell that only needs a quick die swap — do we still have to do full lockout every time?"
Lockout/Tagout enforcement directive — Agency interpretation
How safety teams use Cairn

Plays that pay back the subscription.

Pre-inspection prep

Pull prior inspections of your facility, and inspections in your NAICS within 100 miles, to anticipate what the inspector will ask first.

New-line commissioning

Generate a written hazard analysis grounded in the standards that have been cited for similar equipment.

Contractor onboarding

Verify each contractor's enforcement history and citation pattern before the gate opens.

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We'll run real queries against your facility list and show what the corpus has on your peer industry.