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Electrical maintenance work
Electrical maintenance work 1 Operation Risk Electric shock hazards, electric arc hazards, or spark accidents caused by short circuit may occur during electrical maintenance, which may cause human injuries such as electric shock, burn caused by electric arc, and explosion and impact injury caused...Read more -
Does the written Lockout tagout procedure contain all the required information?
Does the written Lockout tagout procedure contain all the required information? Verify that the Lockout tagout program contains all of the following requirements: a) Identify all potential hazardous energy sources, b) isolation, c) Zero energy state, d) Any service or maintenance activities prior...Read more -
Set up authorized personnel ledger for management
Lockout tagout Training authorized personnel (New and re-training) Set up authorized personnel ledger for management On-site Lockout/tagout process audit (1) Evaluate and review the control points required for Lockout/tagout process on site. (2) Responsible for preparing the Lockout/tagout proces...Read more -
LOTOTO locks vs. administrative locks
LOTOTO locks vs. administrative locks Locks and signage used in LOTOTO must be clearly distinguished from all other management locks (e.g., state of the art locks, equipment supervisor locks, security locks, etc.). Don’t mix them. LOTOTO‘s special case When performing some test opera...Read more -
Does the written listing and locking procedure contain all the required information?
Does the written listing and locking procedure contain all the required information? Verify that the Lockout tagout program contains all of the following requirements: a) Identify all potential hazardous energy sources, b) isolation, c) Zero energy state, d) Any service or maintenance activities ...Read more -
Unauthorized access to the equipment
Unauthorized access to the equipment In May 2003, the operator of the adsorption area of a factory, Mr. Guo, was operating the inner liner forming equipment. Without telling anyone, he drilled into the normal operation of the equipment from the bile connecting station to the back of the adsorptio...Read more -
Power outage unlock program
Power outage unlock program 1. After the inspection and maintenance operation is finished, the person in charge of inspection and maintenance shall inspect the maintenance site, confirm that all the personnel involved in the maintenance shall withdraw from the maintenance site, and the maintenanc...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 -
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
