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Improved machine design helps to improve lock/tag security rule management
Industrial workplaces are governed by OSHA rules, but this isn’t to say that rules are always followed. While injuries happen on production floors for a variety of reasons, of the top 10 OSHA rules that are most often ignored in industrial settings, two directly involve machine design: lock...Read more -
Periodic LOTO Inspections
Periodic LOTO Inspections A LOTO inspection can only be conducted by a safety supervisor or authorized employee who is NOT involved in the lock out tag out procedure being inspected. To conduct a LOTO inspection, the safety supervisor or authorized employee must do the following: Identify the equ...Read more -
What to Do if An Employee is Not Available to Remove the Lock?
What to Do if An Employee is Not Available to Remove the Lock? The safety supervisor can remove the lock, provided that: they have verified that the employee is not in the facility they have received specific training on how to remove the device the specific removal procedure for the device is d...Read more -
OSHA Lockout Tagout Standard
OSHA Lockout Tagout Standard The OSHA lockout tagout standard generally applies to any activity in which the sudden energization or startup of equipment and machinery could harm employees. OSHA Lockout/Tagout Exceptions Construction, agriculture, and maritime operations Oil and gas well drillin...Read more -
LOTO Safety
LOTO Safety To go beyond compliance and truly build a robust lockout tagout program, safety supervisors must actively promote and sustain LOTO safety by doing the following: Clearly define and communicate the lock out tag out policy Develop a lock out tag out policy by coordinating with the head ...Read more -
Colors of Lockout Locks and Tags
Colors of Lockout Locks and Tags Though OSHA has not yet provided a standardized color coding system for lockout locks and tags, typical color codes are: Red tag = Personal Danger Tag (PDT) Orange tag = group isolation or lockbox tag Yellow tag = Out of Service Tag (OOS) Blue tag = commissioning ...Read more -
What is a LOTO Box?
What is a LOTO Box? Also known as a lockbox or a group lockout box, a LOTO box is used when equipment has several isolation points that need to be secured (with their own energy isolating, lockout, and tagout devices) before it can be locked out. This is referred to as a group lockout or a group...Read more -
LOTO Lockout/ Tagout regulations in the United States
LOTO Lockout/ Tagout regulations in the United States OSHA is the 1970 American Occupational Safety and Health Administration Administration and occupational Safety and health Administration regulation. Control of Dangerous Energy -Lockout Tagout 1910.147 is a part of OSHA. Specific, operational...Read more -
LOTO Employee Skill Card
LOTO Employee Skill Card While it takes only a minute to reach the machine and remove the blockage or remove the protection and replace parts, it takes only a second to cause serious injury if the machine is accidentally started. Obviously machines need to be protected with Lockout tagout procedu...Read more -
LOTO Compliance
LOTO Compliance If employees service or maintain machines where the unexpected startup, energization, or the release of stored energy could cause injury, the OSHA standard applies, unless an equivalent level of protection can be proven. Equivalent level of protection may be achieved in some cases...Read more -
Standards By Country
Standards by country United States Lockout–tagout in the US, has five required components to be fully compliant with OSHA law. The five components are: Lockout–Tagout Procedures (documentation) Lockout–Tagout Training (for authorized employees and affected employees) Lockout–Tagout Policy (often...Read more -
Site policies regarding lockout–tagout
Site policies regarding lockout–tagout A site lockout–tagout policy will provide workers with an explanation of the safety goals of the policy, will identify steps required for a lockout–tagout, and will advise of the consequences of failure to carry out the policy. A documented lockout–tagout po...Read more