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What must employers do to protect employees?
What must employers do to protect employees? The standards establish requirements that employers must follow when employees are exposed to hazardous energy while servicing and maintaining equipment and machinery. Some of the most critical requirements from these standards are outlined below: Dev...Read more -
Lockout/Tagout Procedures
Lockout/Tagout Procedures: Notify all affected employees that a lockout/tagout procedure is ready to begin. Turn off the equipment at the control panel. Turn off or pull the main disconnect. Be sure all stored energy is released or restrained. Check all locks and tags for defects. Attach your saf...Read more -
OSHA Lockout Tagout Checklist
OSHA Lockout Tagout Checklist The OSHA lockout tagout checklist allows you to check the following: Equipment and machinery are de-energized during servicing and maintenance Equipment control valve handles are provided with a means for locking out Stored energy is released before equipment is lock...Read more -
Lockout/Tagout Safety Training Requirements
LOCKOUT/TAGOUT SAFETY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OSHA requires that LOTO safety training cover at least the following three areas: How each employee’s specific position relates to the LOTO training The LOTO procedure relevant to each employee’s duties and position The various requirements of OSHA’s LO...Read more -
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
