In order to prevent the unexpected energizing or startup of machinery or equipment during servicing or maintenance, a lockout/tagout plan must be custom-tailored to each facility. In order to prevent ...

Sometimes, however, the smartest way to prevent an equipment-related accident is to avoid potentially dangerous situations altogether. One way to do that is through lockout/tagout. With lockout/tagout ...

By definition, an affected employee is: • An employee whose job entails operating or using a machine or piece of equipment, which is being maintained and is under a Lockout/Tagout.

A comprehensive lockout/tagout (LOTO) program not only helps ... to extensive operations personnel training and their specific plant equipment access limitations. However, even with the proven ...

The same principle applies when it comes to machinery on the work site, whether it’s an HVAC system or a piece of production equipment. According to OSHA, lockout/tagout (LOTO) protocols are ...

Part of a lockout-­tagout program is creat­ing the correct procedures for locking out a piece of equipment. To do this, “you have to evaluate all aspects of the piece of equipment to make sure ...

On this particular morning, Woody followed all his training to lock out the equipment. He followed the equipment-specific lockout/tagout procedure, applied his personal locks to each isolation point ...

This feeling is somewhat justified when lockout/tagout has been performed repeatedly on the same equipment, yet the wheel must be reinvented each time. This leads to shortcutting the process (skipping ...

In its simplest (and perhaps least effective) form, lockout/tagout (LOTO) consists of three steps: Identify the breaker (or fuse) that supplies power to your equipment. Open the breaker. Hang your ...

whenever new equipment and/or processes requiring LOTO are brought into an area; regarding the limitations of tagout only processes; and whenever there are deficiencies or deviations from the ...