Lockout/tagout compliance is a crucial safety requirement ... find the devices that they need during maintenance or repair. Padlocks should also be standardized by size and color so that workers ...

find some unusual red padlocks with “Danger”. The machine is under active service or maintenance and in a Lockout/Tagout status. This means this machine must not be, or attempted to be ...

OHSA requires that all lockout and tagout padlocks and accessories must be manufactured from durable materials, which can withstand the environment in which they are being used; they must be ...

regarding the limitations of tagout only processes; and whenever there are deficiencies or deviations from the established procedures including those noted during the annual department review.

It may be one of the more simple safety processes, but lockout/tagout safety steps are also among the most effective. OSHA estimates the procedure saves 100 lives and prevents more than 60,000 ...

Fleets are using a variety of lockout-tagout methods to prevent injuries and achieve compliance with the standard. Standard "battery off" switch on a Volvo VNL 760. (Volvo Trucks North America) ...

Part 2 of our three-part series about lockout/tagout compliance examines the challenge of shift changes to safety. (Read part 1 here) It's 5:10 a.m. and Glenwood (“Woody” as he is known around the ...

"Lockout/Tagout Procedures" details the OSHA requirements and best practices for preventing accidental startup during maintenance and repair. It addresses electrical power and the many other forms of ...

The OSHA standard for the control of hazardous energy (Lockout/Tagout) addresses the practices and procedures necessary to disable machinery or equipment, thereby preventing the release of hazardous ...

Easy-to-follow lockout/tagout procedures help increase workplace efficiency and decrease injuries due to incomplete or misunderstood lockout/tagout energy control procedures. Enabling users to create ...

A. The Department of Environmental Health and Safety shall provide initial training and annual refresher training sessions as necessary for all employees who are required to participate in the Lockout ...