It is undeniable that preventing injuries and loss of life is the primary reason for strengthening any safety plan.
Crushed limbs, fractures or amputations, electric shocks, explosions, and thermal/chemical burns-these are just some of the hazards that workers face when stored energy is accidentally or accidentally released. Almost all industrial sectors have energy storage, if improperly controlled, it can easily lead to serious injury or loss of life. Controlling stored energy, such as electricity, kinetic energy, thermal energy, pressurized liquids and gases, is essential to ensure worker safety. The best way to help your team use stored energy safely is to ensure that you have a strong lockout/tagout (LOTO) training program to control hazardous energy.
It is undeniable that preventing injuries and loss of life is the primary reason for strengthening any safety plan. However, there are also specific business benefits. For example, according to the National Safety Commission (NSC) Online Injury Facts Report, in 2019 alone, work-related injuries caused employers US$171 billion in losses and US$105 million in days lost.
Specially enhanced LOTO training will help reduce the possibility of being fined by OSHA for serious violations (ie injury or death). The starting price for each violation is US$13,653. LOTO violations often become the annual list of the most common OSHA violations, ranking sixth in the 2020 fiscal year. In addition, strengthening your LOTO plan will include standardization. Standardizing any process can improve efficiency. The time/resources you spend on writing and organizing the LOTO training plan will save time/resources and more effective processes in place over time.
Authorized employees and affected employees need different levels of LOTO training and retraining. The first step in strengthening your plan is to identify authorized and affected employees so that you can ensure that each team member receives the appropriate training.
Post time: Aug-14-2021