To improve overall employee safety across plants and facilities, switch from a tagout-based safety program to a lockout-tagout (LOTO) program.

Lockout tagout compliance continues to appear on OSHA's Top 10 Cited Standards list year after year. The majority of those citations are due to a lack of proper lockout procedures, program ...

Lockout PRO 3.0, the newest version of the company’s graphical procedure writing software, allows users to easily create and implement a complete OSHA 1910.0147-compliant hazardous energy control ...

Lockout/tagout regulations require employers to establish in writing a lockout/tagout (energy control) program that establishes safe energy control procedures to prevent the unexpected startup or ...

OSHA proposed a penalty of $10,151 for the lack of a lockout-tagout program and $5,801 for the lack of eye protection, later amending the total for both citations to $9,571.20 under an ...

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, compliance with the OSHA lockout/tagout standard prevents an estimated 120 fatalities and 50,000 injuries each year. To assure the correct application of ...

Tagout devices may be used in lieu of lockout devices only if the tagout program provides employee protection equivalent to that provided through a lockout program.

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

Lockout / Tagout Program Purpose The purpose of this program is to ensure that all WMU employees are protected from unintended machine motion or unintended release of energy which could cause injury ...

To avoid the lockout/tagout requirements during minor service, you must protect employees using guards or other measures that allow them to safely perform the service without being exposed to ...

If the affected employee cannot operate the machine, what do they really need to know about the Lockout/Tagout program?

An effective lockout tagout program is most successful when it includes the complete safety picture – locks, tags and devices, as well as proper lockout procedures, program documentation ...