In 2012, lockout/tagout ranked No. 5 for frequency and No. 3 for severity. A largely unnoticed development occurred in the practice of lockout/tagout in 2008 with the publication of OSHA's revised ...

The work of servicing and maintaining a fleet of trucks presents a wide assortment of potential dangers to technicians, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s “lockout-tagout ...

When lockout/tagout is not even an afterthought in equipment design and installation, it is never going to be efficient — and you are relying on luck that it will be effective. Tip 3: Separate power ...

Switching from Tagout to Lockout-Tagout Program To improve overall employee safety across plants and facilities, leaders at Southern Company Generation decided to switch from a tagout-based safety ...

The lockout/tagout (energy control) program must also include a documented employee training program and periodic inspections of the energy control procedures. The following sections provide a step-by ...

This Tech Talk video provides workers an overview of the requirements for lockout/tagout and a walk-through of the eight steps required to establish an electrically safe work condition. The U.S.

Prioritize lockout/tagout in your hospital, clinic, or medical facility, and you will be taking a significant stride toward building a safer, healthier, more productive workplace. References 1.

Despite preventing an estimated 120 fatalities and 50,000 injuries each year, lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures are one of the most-cited OSHA violations each year, according to EHS Today. In 2019, the ...

Quite simply, a lockout/tagout program is not only a required OSHA regulation, but also the right thing to do. However, ensuring employee safety means more than just shutting off, ...

Robust lockout/tagout procedures are critical to workplace safety, where according to OSHA, they help avoid approximately 50,000 injuries and 120 fatalities each year.

A detective who responded to the incident said he saw no lockout or tagout kits on the conveyor belt’s control panels. The ...