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Locking, tagging and controlling dangerous energy in the workshop
OSHA instructs maintenance personnel to lock, tag, and control hazardous energy sources. Some people don’t know how to take this step, every machine is different. Getty Images Among people who use any type of industrial equipment, lockout/tagout (LOTO) is nothing new. Unless the pow...Read more -
Control of hazardous energy: unexpected danger
An employee is replacing the ballast in the ceiling light in the break room. The employee turns off the light switch. Employees work from an eight-foot ladder and begin to replace the ballast. When the employee completes the electrical connection, the second employee enters the dark lounge...Read more -
Lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) system
Johnson also recommends the use of a lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) system. The Pennsylvania Extension Services website states that the lock/tag system is a process used to mechanically lock equipment to prevent the machine or equipment from being energized to provide worker protection. Th...Read more -
LOTO plan to be implemented
Assignment of responsibilities (who is the authorized employee who performs the lock-in, the person in charge of the implementation of the LOTO plan, performs the lock-in listing compliance, monitors compliance, etc.). This is also a good opportunity to outline who will supervise and r...Read more -
Standardize your lock-out plan through 6 steps
Lockout and tagout compliance has appeared in OSHA’s list of top 10 reference standards year after year. Most citations are due to the lack of proper locking procedures, program documentation, periodic inspections, or other program elements. However, it does not have to be this way! ...Read more -
An Effective Lockout/Tagout Plan
In order to establish the safest possible working environment, we must first establish a company culture that promotes and values electrical safety in words and deeds. This is not always easy. Resistance to change is often one of the biggest challenges faced by EHS professionals. ...Read more -
2021-Occupational Health and Safety
Planning, preparation, and proper equipment are the keys to protecting workers in confined spaces from falling hazards. Making the workplace painless to engage in non-work activities is essential for healthy workers and a safer workplace. Heavy-duty industrial vacuum cleane...Read more -
Other management requirements of LOTO
Other management requirements of LOTO 1. Lockout tagout shall be carried out by operators and operators themselves, and ensure that safety locks and signs are placed in the correct position. Under special circumstances, if I have difficulty in locking, I shall have someone else lock it for me. Th...Read more -
LOTO’s top 10 Safe Behaviors
A lock, a key, a worker 1.Lockout tagout basically means that any individual has “total control” over the locking of the machine, equipment, process or circuit he or she repairs and maintains. Authorized/affected persons 2. Authorized personnel shall understand and be able to implemen...Read more -
Oilfield HSE system
Oilfield HSE system In August, the oilfield HSE management system manual was published. As a programmatic and mandatory document of oilfield HSE management, the manual is a guideline that managers at all levels and all employees must follow in production and business activities Work safety ban (1...Read more -
Safety training should actually make the workplace safer
The goal of safety training is to increase the knowledge of participants so that they can work safely. If safety training does not reach the level it should be, it can easily become a time-wasting activity. It is just checking the check box, but it does not actually create a safer workp...Read more -
Alternative measures for lockout/tagout
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.147 outlines “alternative protective measures” procedures that can improve efficiency without compromising operational safety. This exception is also referred to as a “minor service exception”. Designed for machine tasks that require frequent and re...Read more