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Hispanic Laborer Entangled in Auger at Pork Processing Plant
The maintenance foreman, another maintenance employee, and two laborers had been working on the remodeling project but at the time of the incident only one laborer was in the room with the victim. The co-worker ran outside the rendering room and yelled for help. He did not know the location for t...Read more -
Lumber Industry Employee Killed When Lockout-Tagout Procedures Not Followed
Lumber Industry Employee Killed When Lockout-Tagout Procedures Not Followed Problem A worker at a lumber company was killed while changing the blades on a piece of cutting equipment when a colleague mistakenly turned on the machine. Review A cutting machine was undergoing routine service for chan...Read more -
Lockout/Tagout Accident Investigation
Lockout/Tagout Accident Investigation Lockout/tagout was one of the first requirements OSHA mandated, starting in 1990. The electrical lockout/tagout regulation became effective in 1990, as well as part of Subpart S. Lockout/tagout training is conducted ad nauseam in every facility in the United ...Read more -
What should be included in the periodic review of LOTO?
What should Lockout tagout LOTO’s training include? Training shall be divided into authorized personnel training and affected personnel training. The authorized personnel training should include an introduction to the definition of Lockout tagout, a review of the company’s LOTO progra...Read more -
Lockout tagout Work order requirements
1. Lock marking requirements First of all, it must be durable, the lock and the sign plate should be able to withstand the environment used; Secondly, to be firm, the lock and sign should be strong enough to ensure that without the use of external forces can not be removed; It should also be reco...Read more -
LOTOTO asks
Check regularly Check/audit the isolation location at least once a year and keep a written record for at least 3 years; The inspection/audit shall be performed by an authorized independent person, not the person performing the quarantine or the relevant person being inspected; The inspection/audi...Read more -
Application of Loto scheme
Application of Loto scheme This standard applies to, but is not limited to, activities performed on a machine, equipment, process or circuit. Primary, secondary, stored or separate power sources are locked for service and maintenance. Service and maintenance Definition: repair, preventive mainten...Read more -
Lockout tagout Seven steps
Lockout tagout Seven steps Step 1: Prepare to inform The technician issues the work ticket, requires the safety measures to be complete, to the corresponding duty point to find the duty person in charge of the chestnut work ticket and implement the safety measures, and then to the process confirm...Read more -
Lockout tagout the main problem
Lockout tagout the main problem There is no professional company to guide, the Lockout tagout verification is crooked; Lock up the operating equipment or some less commonly used equipment for reporting. All personnel are not locked, and the safety of each person exposed to dangerous areas cannot ...Read more -
Lockout-tagout (LOTO). The OSHA Regulations
In a previous post, in which we looked at lockout-tagout (LOTO) for industrial safety, we saw that the origin of these procedures can be found in the rules drawn up by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1989. The rule directly related to lockout-tagout is OSHA Regulati...Read more -
What are key components to set up proper energy control procedures?
What are key components to set up proper energy control procedures? Identify the energy types employed within a piece of equipment. Is it electrical energy only? Is the equipment piece in question operating with a large press brake with a stored energy component with gravity? Identify how to isol...Read more -
Taking a Deep Dive into the World of LOTO
Taking a Deep Dive into the World of LOTO Dec 01, 2021 More recently, in September 2021, OSHA proposed $1.67 million in fines for an Ohio aluminum parts manufacturer following an investigation into the death of a 43-year-old worker struck by a machine’s barrier door in March 2021. OSHA alleges th...Read more
