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WHY DOES LOCKOUT/TAGOUT EXIST?
WHY DOES LOCKOUT/TAGOUT EXIST? LOTO exists to protect employees who may be exposed to serious physical harm or death if hazardous energy is not controlled while servicing or performing maintenance activities. OSHA estimates that compliance with the LOTO standard can prevent 120 fatalities and 50,...Read more -
Lockout/Tagout Standards
Lockout/Tagout Standards Because of their critical safety importance, the use of LOTO procedures is legally required in every jurisdiction that has an advanced occupational health and safety program. In the United States, the general industry standard for the use of LOTO procedures is 29 CFR 1910...Read more -
What Does Lockout Tagout (LOTO) Mean?
What Does Lockout Tagout (LOTO) Mean? Lockout/tagout (LOTO) is a set of procedures that are used to ensure that equipment is shut down, inoperable, and (where relevant) de-energized. This allows maintenance and repair work on the system to be performed safely. Any workplace scenario involving equ...Read more -
How lockout tagout works
OSHA Guidelines Guidelines as prescribed by OSHA covers all sources of energy, including—but not limited to—mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, and thermal. Manufacturing plants would typically require maintenance activities for one or a combination of these sources. LOTO, as ...Read more -
What is Lockout Tagout? The Importance of LOTO Safety
What is Lockout Tagout? The Importance of LOTO Safety As industrial processes evolved, advancement in machineries started to require more specialized maintenance procedures. More serious incidents occurred that involved highly technological equipment at the time causing problems for LOTO Safety. ...Read more -
Lockout/Tagout Program:Control of Hazardous Energy
1. Purpose The purpose of the Lockout/Tagout program is to protect Montana Tech employees and students from injury or death from the release of hazardous energy. This program establishes the minimum requirements for isolation of electrical, chemical, thermal, hydraulic, pneumatic, and gravitation...Read more -
4 Benefits of Lockout Tagout
4 Benefits of Lockout Tagout Lockout tagout (LOTO) is viewed by many frontline workers as burdensome, inconvenient or production-slowing, but it is critical to any energy control program. It is also one of the most important OSHA standards. LOTO was one of federal OSHA’s top 10 most frequently c...Read more -
Group Lockout Procedures
Group Lockout Procedures Group lockout procedures give the same level of protection when multiple authorized employees need to work together to perform maintenance or service on a piece of equipment. A key part of the process is to designate a single responsible employee who is in charge of lock...Read more -
Review the Lockout Tagout procedure
Review the Lockout Tagout procedure The locking procedures should be audited by the department heads to ensure that the procedures are being implemented. The Industrial Safety Officers should also conduct random checks on the procedures, including: Are the relevant staff notified when locking? A...Read more -
The main points of LOTO practice are as follows
The main points of LOTO practice are as follows: Step 1: What you must know 1. Know what hazards are in your equipment or system? What are the quarantine points? What is the listing procedure? 2. Working on unfamiliar equipment is a danger; 3.only trained and authorized personnel can lock; 4. Onl...Read more -
Equipment maintenance -LOTO
Equipment maintenance -LOTO When equipment or tools are being repaired, maintained or cleaned, the power source associated with the equipment is cut off. This prevents the device or tool from starting. At the same time all energy (power, hydraulic, air, etc.) is turned off. The purpose: to ensure...Read more -
Why Lock-Out, Tag-Out Is Vitally Important
Every day, spanning a multitude of industries, normal operations are put on hold so that machinery/equipment may undergo routine maintenance or troubleshooting. Every year, compliance with the OSHA standard for controlling hazardous energy (Title 29 CFR §1910.147), known as ‘Lockout/Tagout’, prev...Read more